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phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check

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severity
medium
date
Affecting

  • phpmyfaq >= 0, < 4.1.2

CWE
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CVSS
6.5
Credit
offset
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in AbstractAdministrationController::userHasPermission() that fails to terminate execution after sending a forbidden response. Attackers can access all permission-protected admin pages by requesting their URLs as authenticated users, exposing admin logs, user data, system information, and application configuration.

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