GHSA-GCP9-5JC8-976X 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 character. 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 in the removeAttributes process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of users viewing the FAQ page 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 in the removeAttributes process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of users viewing the FAQ page by...

phpMyFAQ: Stored XSS via Regex Bypass in Filter::removeAttributes()

Summary The sanitization pipeline for FAQ content is: 1. Filter::filterVar$input, FILTERSANITIZESPECIALCHARS — encodes , ", ', & to HTML entities 2. htmlentitydecode$input, ENTQUOTES | ENTHTML5 — decodes entities back to characters 3. Filter::removeAttributes$input — removes dangerous HTML...

GHSA-CV2G-8CJ8-VGC7 phpMyFAQ: Stored XSS via Regex Bypass in Filter::removeAttributes()

Summary The sanitization pipeline for FAQ content is: 1. Filter::filterVar$input, FILTERSANITIZESPECIALCHARS — encodes , ", ', & to HTML entities 2. htmlentitydecode$input, ENTQUOTES | ENTHTML5 — decodes entities back to characters 3. Filter::removeAttributes$input — removes dangerous HTML...

GHSA-38M8-XRFJ-V38X phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal - Arbitrary File Deletion in MediaBrowserController

Summary 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 path traversal validation. The FILTERSANITIZESPECIALCHARS filter...

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 processing of user-supplied email addresses in the FAQ submission process. An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in...

GHSA-98GW-W575-H2PH phpMyFAQ is Vulnerable to Stored XSS via Unsanitized Email Field in Admin FAQ Editor

Summary 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 "alert1"@evil.com. PHP's FILTERVALIDATEEMAIL accepts this email as valid. The email is stored in the database without HTM...

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 processing of user-supplied email addresses in the FAQ submission process. An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in...

CVE-2026-34729

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-03-31 17:23:49+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-cv2g-8cj8-vgc7 2026-03-31 17:23:49+00:00| published-proof-of-concept|...

CVE-2026-34973

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-03-31 17:22:54+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gcp9-5jc8-976x 2026-03-31 17:22:54+00:00| published-proof-of-concept|...

CVE-2026-32629

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-03-31 17:22:32+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-98gw-w575-h2ph...

PT-2026-29423

Summary 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 "alert1"@evil.com. PHP's FILTER VALIDATE EMAIL accepts this email as valid. The email is stored in the database without...

CVE-2026-27836

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

CVE-2026-27836

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

CVE-2026-27836

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

CVE-2026-27836 phpMyFAQ Allows Unauthenticated Account Creation via WebAuthn Prepare Endpoint

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

CVE-2026-27836 phpMyFAQ Allows Unauthenticated Account Creation via WebAuthn Prepare Endpoint

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

CVE-2026-27836 phpMyFAQ Allows Unauthenticated Account Creation via WebAuthn Prepare Endpoint

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.18, the WebAuthn prepare endpoint /api/webauthn/prepare creates new active user accounts without any authentication, CSRF protection, captcha, or configuration checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create unlimited us...

phpMyFAQ 安全漏洞

phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, fully database-driven FAQ system developed by Thorsten Rinne. Versions of phpMyFAQ prior to 4.0.18 contained security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from the WebAuthn prepare endpoint, which lacked authentication and CSRF protection, allowing unverified...