{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-57996 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-57996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-57996 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyFAQ, published on 15 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-57996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-57996 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyFAQ, published on 15 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-57996 exists.\n\nAffected product: phpMyFAQ. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-57996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57996/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-57996","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-26xw-7hf2-f34q","GHSA-r2f4-v277-hvw9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"FAQ web application","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Delegated administrators can create SuperAdmin accounts via the user/add endpoint, leading to full instance takeover.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USER_ADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and attacker-chosen credentials to create a SuperAdmin account, then authenticate as that account to achieve full instance takeover.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing SuperAdmin Guard in user/add Endpoint","id":"CVE-2026-57996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Strapi users-permissions - JWT Algorithm Confusion via Missing Algorithm Configuration","id":"CVE-2026-57997"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Self-Rights Constraint in GroupController::updatePermissions","id":"CVE-2026-57995"},"products":["phpMyFAQ"],"published":"2026-07-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-16","vendors":["phpMyFAQ"]},"summary":"Delegated administrators can create SuperAdmin accounts via the user/add endpoint, leading to full instance takeover.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57996/"}