thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.1.1 Location Header /solution_id_{id}.html getIdFromSolutionId authorization

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.1.1. This issue affects the function getIdFromSolutionId of the file /solution_id_{id}.html of the component Location Header Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-46366. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function getIdFromSolutionId of the file /solution_id_{id}.html of the component Location Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the getIdFromSolutionId() method that lacks permission filtering, allowing unauthenticated attackers to enumerate restricted FAQ entries and read their titles via the /solution_id_{id}.html endpoint. Attackers can sequentially iterate solution IDs to discover all FAQs including those restricted to specific users or groups, leaking sensitive metadata through redirect Location headers and page canonical links.

The weakness was disclosed by aisafe-bot as GHSA-99qv-g4x9-mgc3. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-46366 since 05/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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Upgrading to version 4.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

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• thorsten

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• phpMyFAQ

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/

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