EUVD-2026-322435

fkie_cve-2026-46362

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.

GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r — phpMyFAQ has an Authorization Bypass in All Admin Pages Due to Non-Terminating Permission Check

Affected: Packagist: phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, Packagist: thorsten/phpmyfaq

## Summary

`AbstractAdministrationController::userHasPermission()` catches the `ForbiddenException` thrown when a user lacks a specific permission, sends a "forbidden" HTML page via `$response->send()`, but does not terminate execution. The calling controller method continues to execute, fetches protected data, renders the full template, and returns it as a Response. The final `$response->send()` in `admin/index.php` outputs the protected page content after the forbidden page, leaking all permission-protected admin data to any authenticated admin user regardless of their actual permissions.

## Details

The parent class `AbstractController::userHasPermission()` (`phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/AbstractController.php:317-327`) correctly enforces authorization by throwing a `ForbiddenException` when the user lacks the required permission. This exception would normally propagate to Symfony's HttpKernel exception handler, which would return an error response and prevent the controller from continuing.

However, `AbstractAdministrationController` overrides this method at line 390-399:

```php #[\Override] protected function userHasPermission(PermissionType $permissionType): void { try { parent::userHasPermission($permissionType); } catch (ForbiddenException $exception) { $response = $this->getForbiddenPage($exception->getMessage()); $response->send(); // Outputs HTML but does NOT terminate execution } catch (Exception $exception) {…

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GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r — phpMyFAQ has an Authorization Bypass in All Admin Pages Due to Non-Terminating Permission Check