CVE-2026-46360
phpMyFAQ - Stored XSS via Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass in SVG Sanitizer
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | thorsten |
| Product | phpmyfaq |
| Published | May 15, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 15, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Affected Versions
thorsten / phpmyfaq
0 < 4.1.2
References
Credits
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