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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2025-68951 EUVD-2025-205601GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc

phpMyFAQ has stored XSS in admin "List of users" via display_name HTML entity decoding (html_entity_decode) + Twig |raw

Published Dec 29, 2025 · Updated Dec 29, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.14 and 4.0.15 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities. When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-side and rendered without escaping, resulting in script execution in the admin context. Version 4.0.16 contains a patch for the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ >= 4.0.14, < 4.0.16 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq >= 4.0.14, < 4.0.16 4.0.16 GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc

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