Advisories

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.11 Insufficient Authorization in Group Deletion via GroupController

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • phpMyFAQ >= 0, < 4.1.11

CWE
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CVSS
7.0
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Rully2212
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.11 contains an insufficient authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators holding only GROUP_DELETE permission to delete higher-privileged groups. Attackers can submit a target group_list_select value to /admin/group/confirm and then /admin/group/delete to remove privileged groups, their memberships, and permission mappings.

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