phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.14 and 4.0.15 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities. When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-side and rendered without escaping, resulting in script execution in the admin context. Version 4.0.16 contains a patch for the issue.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in user list via admin-managed display_name
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History

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:4.1.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq
Vendors & Products Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.14 and 4.0.15 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities. When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-side and rendered without escaping, resulting in script execution in the admin context. Version 4.0.16 contains a patch for the issue.
Title phpMyFAQ has stored XSS in admin "List of users" via display_name HTML entity decoding (html_entity_decode) + Twig |raw
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-29T16:13:54.598Z

Reserved: 2025-12-26T16:46:17.499Z

Link: CVE-2025-68951

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-29T16:13:47.980Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-29T16:15:43.600

Modified: 2026-01-07T15:35:12.973

Link: CVE-2025-68951

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-29T22:32:49Z

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