What is CVE-2026-76211?

CVE-2026-76211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-76211?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Thorsten Phpmyfaq

CVE-2026-76211

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 fails to properly enforce CONFIGURATION_EDIT permission on admin API read endpoints for LDAP, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and dashboard configuration, allowing any authenticated user to access sensitive administrative data. Attackers can retrieve LDAP server topology, bind account names, search bases, index statistics, and site analytics by calling these endpoints with a valid session.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Thorsten Phpmyfaq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-76211?: CVE-2026-76211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-76211?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.