{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.1.9"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9bf3d792e67da3c04217002a9642fdf74ced9554"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ecd0de3cff20d4a06e8ad17eef7c22ef227f0af9"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/111xxx/CVE-2026-111888.json"
  },
  "details": "phpMyFAQ from 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows delegated admins lacking the editnews right to modify news by calling PUT /admin/api/news/update, which checks NEWS_DELETE instead of NEWS_EDIT. Attackers holding addnews and delnews can read the update-news CSRF token from their own cookie and rewrite any news item's header, body, author, link and active flag shown on the public front page.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-111888",
  "modified": "2026-10-21T02:31:03.575735667Z",
  "published": "2026-10-17T18:46:13.202Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/111xxx/CVE-2026-111888.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111888"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-incorrect-authorization-via-news-update-api"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 Incorrect Authorization via news update API"
}