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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in the Utils::parseUrl function during comment rendering. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the...

phpMyFAQ has stored XSS via Utils::parseUrl() in comment rendering

Summary A stored XSS vulnerability in the comment rendering pipeline allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript that executes for every visitor of an affected FAQ or News page. An attacker with a registered account can steal admin session cookies and take over the application. Details...

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in the Utils::parseUrl function during comment rendering. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the...

📄 phpMyFAQ 4.0.16 Improper Authorization

phpMyFAQ versions 4.0.16 and below suffer from an improper authorization vulnerability. Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ = 4.0.16 - Improper Authorization Google Dork: N/A Date: 2026-01-23 Exploit Author: GUIA BRAHIM FOUAD Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpmyfaq.de/ Software Link:...

phpMyFAQ 4.0.16 - Improper Authorization

Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ = 4.0.16 - Improper Authorization Google Dork: N/A Date: 2026-01-23 Exploit Author: GUIA BRAHIM FOUAD Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpmyfaq.de/ Software Link: https://www.phpmyfaq.de/download/ Version: = 4.0.16 REQUIRED Tested on: Ubuntu 22.04, Apache 2.4.52, PHP 8.2.x,...

PhpMyFAQ Has A LIKE Wildcard Injection In Search.php — Unescaped % And _ Metacharacters Enable Broad Content Disclosure

Summary The "searchCustomPages" method in "phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Search.php" uses "realescapestring" via "escape" to sanitize the search term before embedding it in LIKE clauses. However, "realescapestring" does not escape SQL LIKE metacharacters "%" match any sequence and "" match any single...

CVE-2026-34729

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, there is a stored XSS vulnerability via Regex Bypass in Filter::removeAttributes. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.1...

CVE-2026-34974

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the regex-based SVG sanitizer in phpMyFAQ SvgSanitizer.php can be bypassed using HTML entity encoding in javascript: URLs within SVG attributes. Any user with editfaq permission can upload a malicious SVG that executes...

CVE-2026-34973

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the searchCustomPages method in phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Search.php uses realescapestring via escape to sanitize the search term before embedding it in LIKE clauses. However, realescapestring does not escape SQL LIKE...

CVE-2026-32629

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, an unauthenticated attacker can submit a guest FAQ with an email address that is syntactically valid per RFC 5321 quoted local part yet contains raw HTML — for example ""@evil.com. PHP's FILTERVALIDATEEMAIL accepts this email...

CVE-2026-34728

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the MediaBrowserController::index method handles file deletion for the media browser. When the fileRemove action is triggered, the user-supplied name parameter is concatenated with the base upload directory path without any...