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CVE-2026-56396

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 67/100
Published: 2026-06-21 Modified: 2026-11-08 First seen: 2026-11-08 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser() and updateUserRights() endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edit_user permission can set is_superadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdmin access.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 0 < 4.1.4

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

67 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.44%
Raw Score 0.004420
Percentile 39.0%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00442
2026-11-12
0.00442
2026-11-10
0.00442
2026-11-09
0.00442
2026-11-08
0.00442

Intelligence Sources

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