{"id":"CVE-2026-85589","title":"phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks","summary":"phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks. Any authenticated user can access t…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpMyFAQ","affected":["phpMyFAQ < 4.2.0-alpha.2"],"published":"2026-09-04","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T20:05:53.177","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85589","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.2.0-alpha.2-missing-authorization-via-dashboard-api","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00279,"epssPercentile":0.20579,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-08T14:45:08.951536Z"},"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T15:33:26.960Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85589","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks. Any authenticated user can access these endpoints to read site-wide search statistics and content-health counters regardless of their privilege level.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}