{"id":"CVE-2026-111890","published":"2026-10-17T19:16:30.393","lastModified":"2026-10-17T19:16:30.507","description":"phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USER_EDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API, including for themselves, to gain unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages.","cvssScore":5.5,"cvssSeverity":"MEDIUM","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","cwes":["CWE-269"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-3666-fmjj-qm5h","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha.2-before-4.2.0-beta-privilege-escalation-via-updateuserrights","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-3666-fmjj-qm5h","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}