FKIE_CVE-2026-46363

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-15 19:17 - Updated: 2026-05-18 17:25
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FAQ creation and update endpoints that bypass sanitization through encode-decode cycles. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with FAQ_ADD permission to inject malicious script tags via question or answer parameters, which execute in every visitor's browser when FAQ content is rendered with the raw Twig filter.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f5p7-2c9q-8896
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-stored-xss-in-faq-question-answer-via-encode-decode-bypass
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f5p7-2c9q-8896
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  "lastModified": "2026-05-18T17:25:39.493",
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