phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal in Client::deleteClientFolder enables arbitrary directory deletion by non-super-admin admins

Summary Client::deleteClientFolder in phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Instance/Client.php:583 takes a URL from the caller, strips the https:// prefix, and passes the remainder to Filesystem::deleteDirectory relative to the multisite clientFolder. No path-traversal validation runs. An admin with the...

Directory Traversal

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the deleteClientFolder process. An attacker can delete arbitrary directories on the server by submitting a crafted URL containing...

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 via the getFaqBySolutionId process. An attacker can access restricted FAQ metadata, including titles, categories, internal IDs,...

GHSA-99QV-G4X9-MGC3 phpMyFAQ has unauthenticated FAQ permission bypass via getFaqBySolutionId fallback query

Summary The public /solutionidid.html route calls Faq::getIdFromSolutionId in phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Faq.php:1312. That query joins faqdata with faqcategoryrelations solely by solutionid and returns the matching FAQ's id, lang, thema title, and categoryid with no permission filter. An...

phpMyFAQ has SQL Injection in CurrentUser::setTokenData through unescaped OAuth token fields

Summary CurrentUser::setTokenData in phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/User/CurrentUser.php at lines 515-534 builds a SQL UPDATE statement with sprintf and interpolates OAuth token fields refreshtoken, accesstoken, codeverifier, and jsonencode$token'jwt' without calling $db-escape. Sibling methods...

SQL Injection

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to SQL Injection in the setTokenData function when OAuth token fields are interpolated into a SQL statement without proper escaping. An attacker can execut...

GHSA-PM8C-3QQ3-72W7 phpMyFAQ has SQL Injection in CurrentUser::setTokenData through unescaped OAuth token fields

Summary CurrentUser::setTokenData in phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/User/CurrentUser.php at lines 515-534 builds a SQL UPDATE statement with sprintf and interpolates OAuth token fields refreshtoken, accesstoken, codeverifier, and jsonencode$token'jwt' without calling $db-escape. Sibling methods...

Brute Force

Overview thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Brute Force via the check process. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access by submitting arbitrary user-id and token values to the...

Brute Force

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Brute Force via the check process. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access by submitting arbitrary user-id and token values to the...

GHSA-9PQ7-MFWH-XX2J phpMyFAQ enables unauthenticated 2FA brute-force attack via /admin/check acceptance of arbitrary user-id

Summary The /admin/check endpoint in AuthenticationController implements SkipsAuthenticationCheck, making it reachable without any prior authentication. An anonymous attacker Bob can POST arbitrary user-id and token values to brute-force any user's 6-digit TOTP code. No rate limiting exists. The...

phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check in phpMyFAQ

Summary A review of phpMyFAQ-main uncovered an authorization issue in the admin-api routes. Several backend endpoints only check whether the caller is logged in. They do not verify that the caller actually has backend or administrative privileges. As a result, a normal frontend user can access AP...

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 admin-api routes due to insufficient authorization checks. An attacker can access backend operational information by...

GHSA-JRC5-W569-H7H5 phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check in phpMyFAQ

Summary A review of phpMyFAQ-main uncovered an authorization issue in the admin-api routes. Several backend endpoints only check whether the caller is logged in. They do not verify that the caller actually has backend or administrative privileges. As a result, a normal frontend user can access AP...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...