CVE-2026-76205
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the glossary create and update endpoints caused by truncating an escaped string before embedding it in a SQL literal. Authenticated users with glossary add or edit permissions can craft a payload with a dangling backslash to escape the closing quote and inject arbitrary SQL commands to read sensitive database information.
- Score
- CVSS 4.0 8.6 High
- Status
- Analyzed - disclosure@vulncheck.com
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-08-21
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-79h3-6hxj-g98h
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-sql-injection-via-glossary