Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-66399
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 Privilege Escalation via Group Membership
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updateMembers() that allows administrators with only group-management permissions to join privileged groups without verification of required rights. Attackers can add themselves to pre-existing groups holding user-management rights and immediately inherit those permissions to modify or delete user accounts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
phpMyFAQ · thorsten
before 4.1.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66399
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-66399
github.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-28cc-v39j-vr95
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-privilege-escalation-via-group-membership
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