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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2026-66399

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 Privilege Escalation via Group Membership

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updateMembers() that allows administrators with only group-management permissions to join privileged groups without verification of required rights. Attackers can add themselves to pre-existing groups holding user-management rights and immediately inherit those permissions to modify or delete user accounts.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

thorsten phpMyFAQ

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 4.1.6affected
  • 4.1.6unaffected

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