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CVE-2026-111910: thorsten phpmyfaq Missing Authorization

CVSS: 7.1v4.0HighDeferred
Published 17-10-2026Last modified 17-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-111910 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Missing Authorization vulnerability in thorsten phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
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 authorization bypass vulnerability in attachment.php that allows attackers to download attachments of restricted FAQs by bypassing per-record permission checks. Low-privileged users with the dlattachment right, or anonymous users when allowDownloadsForGuests is enabled, can request attachment IDs to retrieve confidential files from restricted FAQs.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

18-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

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