CVE-2026-46361

HIGH EPSS 16.1%
Published May 15, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.2 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published May 15, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.twig where result.question and result.answerPreview are rendered with the raw filter, disabling autoescape protection. Attackers with FAQ editor privileges can inject HTML-entity-encoded payloads that bypass html_entity_decode(strip_tags()) processing in SearchController.php, executing arbitrary JavaScript in every visitor's browser context including administrators.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.2
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction P
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
16.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pqh6-8fxf-jx22
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-raw-filter-in-search-twig

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.