CVE-2026-57995

CVE-2026-57995CVE-2026-57995

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updatePermissions that allows GROUP_EDIT administrators to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying they hold those rights themselves. A delegated administrator can exploit this by assigning high-value permissions to a group they belong to, inheriting those rights and escalating privileges up to full administrative control.

Scoring

CVSS 8.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Last modified2026-06-30
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.