8.5

CVE-2026-111893: thorsten phpmyfaq Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
Published 17-10-2026Last modified 18-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-111893 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in thorsten phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::saveCategoryRestrictions() that lets delegated administrators assign categories outside their own scope. Category-restricted administrators can POST to /admin/api/group/category-restrictions with out-of-scope or empty categoryIds to grant groups unrestricted category access.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

18-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Thorsten1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links