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CVE-2026-57996: phpmyfaq Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
Published 15-07-2026Last modified 16-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-57996 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USER_ADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and attacker-chosen credentials to create a SuperAdmin account, then authenticate as that account to achieve full instance takeover.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

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

Phpmyfaq1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links