Description
phpMyFAQ from 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows delegated admins lacking the editnews right to modify news by calling PUT /admin/api/news/update, which checks NEWS_DELETE instead of NEWS_EDIT. Attackers holding addnews and delnews can read the update-news CSRF token from their own cookie and rewrite any news item's header, body, author, link and active flag shown on the public front page.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 2.7/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 17, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 18, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred