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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-76212 EUVD-2026-62453GHSA-jj45-w38g-gfrj

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 LIKE Wildcard Injection via PostgreSQL

Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7, when configured to use PostgreSQL via the native pgsql PHP extension, declares an incorrect LIKE ESCAPE character ('=') in the Search/Database/Pgsql.php backend while escapeLikeWildcards() escapes user input with the '|' prefix. As a result, wildcard escaping is a no-op and user-supplied % and _ characters remain active LIKE wildcards. An unauthenticated attacker can submit such characters in the public FAQ search form to force maximally broad pattern matches and expensive sequential scans, resulting in a denial of service. The PDO PostgreSQL backend is not affected, and quotes remain escaped so this does not enable quote-breaking SQL injection or data exfiltration.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha – < 4.1.7 4.1.7

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