---
title: "CVE-2026-111908: phpMyFAQ - Broken Access Control"
description: "phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient object-level authorization in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, letting authenticated users with edit_faq permission modify restricted FAQs, exploit requires authenticated user with edit_faq permission."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-111908/
---

# CVE-2026-111908 phpMyFAQ - Broken Access Control

phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient object-level authorization in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, letting authenticated users with edit\_faq permission modify restricted FAQs, exploit requires authenticated user with edit\_faq permission.

CVSS base score 8.3 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.29% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111908)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Published

17 October 2026

Updated

19 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 4.1.9 or later, or 4.2.0-beta or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111908](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111908)
- [https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-j3px-r7cr-r26r](https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-j3px-r7cr-r26r)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-bola-in-faq-update-via-rest-api](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-bola-in-faq-update-via-rest-api)

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