CVE-2026-24420

Published Jan 24, 2026

Last updated a month ago

Overview

Description
phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.16 and below allow an authenticated user without the dlattachment permission to download FAQ attachments due to a incomprehensive permissions check. The presence of a right key is improperly validated as proof of authorization in attachment.php. Additionally, the group and user permission logic contains a flawed conditional expression that may allow unauthorized access. This issue has been fixed in version
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
phpmyfaq

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-284
nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations