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GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3: phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in Admin FAQ Editor via HTML Entity Bypass in Frontend FAQ Submission

VULNCVE-2026-56736source · GTH
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability — CVSS 8.2

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### Summary A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ 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. …

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