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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-47132 EUVD-2026-86290GHSA-6pvm-2vjj-rx4w

phpMyFAQ: SQL LIKE Wildcard Injection in Chat User Search Allows Authenticated User Enumeration

Published Sep 24, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.2.0-alpha, an authenticated SQL LIKE wildcard injection vulnerability in phpMyFAQ’s chat user search allows any logged-in user to bypass the intended display-name search filter and enumerate active users. The endpoint escapes SQL string syntax but does not escape `%` and `_`, which remain active `LIKE` wildcards. Version 4.2.0-alpha patches the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ < 4.2.0-alpha —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq < 4.2.0-alpha 4.2.0-alpha GHSA-6pvm-2vjj-rx4w

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