What is CVE-2026-76215?

CVE-2026-76215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-76215?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Thorsten Phpmyfaq

CVE-2026-76215

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 fails to apply parent FAQ visibility checks before returning child resources including comments and attachments. Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve restricted comment text, commenter email addresses, and attachment filenames for FAQ records they cannot directly access by querying the comments and attachments API endpoints.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2026-76215?: CVE-2026-76215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-76215?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.