CVE-2026-111884 Missing authorization in phpMyFAQ
Attackers with hijacked sessions can change user emails without password verification, enabling account takeover via password reset.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111884?
CVE-2026-111884 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in thorsten phpMyFAQ, published on 17 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta does not require the current password when changing an account e-mail in the user control panel (UserController::updateData, api/user/data/update), checking only the session and CSRF token. An attacker with a hijacked session can set the e-mail to their own mailbox and use the password-reset flow to take over non-2FA accounts, including superadmin.
Weakness: CWE-308
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111884?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-111884 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111884 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7554-gx6g-xx77, GHSA-ch92-qpmj-fc56.