Answer in brief
CVE-2026-111902 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via Comments and Attachments API. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps thorsten/phpMyFAQ (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 6.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps thorsten/phpMyFAQ (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| thorsten/phpMyFAQgeneric | >=4.2.0-alpha <4.2.0-beta | 4.2.0-beta |
Published upstream
Oct 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 17, 2026
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in isFaqAccessibleForUser() that treats a missing FAQ translation as visible to unauthenticated users. Attackers can send a mismatched Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.