Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the search.twig template and the process that decodes and renders user-supplied content without proper sanitization. An...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the search.twig template and the process that decodes and renders user-supplied content without proper sanitization. An...

Missing Authorization

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization in the ConfigurationTabController endpoints due to missing permission checks. An attacker can access sensitive configuration...

phpMyFAQ's Missing CONFIGURATION_EDIT Permission Check on 12 Admin API Configuration Tab Endpoints Allows Information Disclosure by Any Authenticated User

Summary 12 endpoints in ConfigurationTabController.php use userIsAuthenticated login-only check instead of userHasPermissionPermissionType::CONFIGURATIONEDIT. This allows any authenticated user — including ones with zero admin permissions — to enumerate system configuration metadata including the...

GHSA-RM98-82FR-MCFX phpMyFAQ's Missing CONFIGURATION_EDIT Permission Check on 12 Admin API Configuration Tab Endpoints Allows Information Disclosure by Any Authenticated User

Summary 12 endpoints in ConfigurationTabController.php use userIsAuthenticated login-only check instead of userHasPermissionPermissionType::CONFIGURATIONEDIT. This allows any authenticated user — including ones with zero admin permissions — to enumerate system configuration metadata including the...

GHSA-WHQH-9PQ5-C7R3 phpMyFAQ has a SVG Sanitizer Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass Leading to Stored XSS

Summary The SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities method limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations. By wrapping each character of javascript in an href attribute value with 5 levels of & encoding around numeric HTML entities e.g., amp;amp;amp;106; for j, an attacker can bypass both isSafe...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the decodeAllEntities function. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application origin by...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the decodeAllEntities function. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application origin by...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS in the FAQ creation and update process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users who view maliciou...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS in the FAQ creation and update process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users who view maliciou...

GHSA-F5P7-2C9Q-8896 phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in FAQ Question/Answer via Encode-Decode Bypass of removeAttributes() Sanitization

Summary The FAQ creation and update endpoints in phpMyFAQ apply FILTERSANITIZESPECIALCHARS which HTML-encodes input, then immediately call htmlentitydecode which reverses the encoding, followed by Filter::removeAttributes which only strips HTML attributes — not tags. This allows , , , and tags to...

phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in FAQ Question/Answer via Encode-Decode Bypass of removeAttributes() Sanitization

Summary The FAQ creation and update endpoints in phpMyFAQ apply FILTERSANITIZESPECIALCHARS which HTML-encodes input, then immediately call htmlentitydecode which reverses the encoding, followed by Filter::removeAttributes which only strips HTML attributes — not tags. This allows , , , and tags to...

Missing Authorization

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization in the delete process. An attacker can remove tags and disrupt FAQ organization by sending crafted DELETE requests to the admin AP...

phpMyFAQ's Missing Authorization on Tag Deletion Allows Any Authenticated User to Delete Tags

Summary The TagController::delete endpoint at DELETE /admin/api/content/tags/tagId only verifies that the user is logged in userIsAuthenticated, but does not check any permission. Any authenticated user — including regular non-admin frontend users — can delete any tag by ID. This contrasts with...

Missing Authorization

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization in the delete process. An attacker can remove tags and disrupt FAQ organization by sending crafted DELETE requests to the admin AP...

GHSA-7CX3-2QX2-3G6W phpMyFAQ's Missing Authorization on Tag Deletion Allows Any Authenticated User to Delete Tags

Summary The TagController::delete endpoint at DELETE /admin/api/content/tags/tagId only verifies that the user is logged in userIsAuthenticated, but does not check any permission. Any authenticated user — including regular non-admin frontend users — can delete any tag by ID. This contrasts with...

GHSA-HPGW-WW76-C68R phpMyFAQ has an Authorization Bypass in All Admin Pages Due to Non-Terminating Permission Check

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...

phpMyFAQ has an Authorization Bypass in All Admin Pages Due to Non-Terminating Permission Check

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...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the userHasPermission process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive administrative data by sending requests ...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the userHasPermission process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive administrative data by sending requests ...