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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-56736 EUVD-2026-86010GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3

phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in Admin FAQ Editor via HTML Entity Bypass in Frontend FAQ Submission

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

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions prior to 4.2.0-alpha allows any unauthenticated user (or low-privileged registered user) to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in an administrator's browser when they review or edit a user-submitted FAQ entry. This leads to admin account takeover via session theft. The vulnerability exists because `html_entity_decode()` converts HTML entities into executable HTML after `strip_tags()` has already passed them through, and the admin template renders the content with Twig's `|raw` filter without any output sanitization. Version 4.2.0-alpha fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ < 4.2.0-alpha —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq < 4.2.0-alpha 4.2.0-alpha GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3
Packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq < 4.2.0-alpha 4.2.0-alpha GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3

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