5.3

CVE-2026-111900: thorsten phpmyfaq Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 17-10-2026Last modified 17-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-111900 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in thorsten phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
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.

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an improper authorization vulnerability in attachment.php that fails to verify whether an attachment's parent FAQ is published or visible to the requester. Authenticated users with the dlattachment permission can request index.php?action=attachment&id=<ID> to download complete attachment files belonging to draft FAQs.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

18-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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
  • phpmyfaq< 4.1.9 | ≥ 4.2.0-alpha, < 4.2.0-beta

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links