CVE-2026-46363 (GCVE-0-2026-46363)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-15 18:36
Modified
2026-05-28 14:15
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FAQ creation and update endpoints that bypass sanitization through encode-decode cycles. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with FAQ_ADD permission to inject malicious script tags via question or answer parameters, which execute in every visitor's browser when FAQ content is rendered with the raw Twig filter.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
thorsten phpmyfaq Version: 0   
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