CVE-2026-46367

high

Published 2026-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-28

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CVSS v3

7.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

8.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

VIR risk

7.6

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Utils::parseUrl() that allows authenticated users to inject JavaScript via malformed URLs in comments. Attackers can craft URLs with unescaped quotes to inject event handlers, stealing admin session cookies and achieving full application takeover when visitors view affected FAQ pages.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

84%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Packagist	phpmyfaq	`<4.1.2`
Packagist	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	`<4.1.2`
Packagist	phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ	`<4.1.2`	`4.1.2`
Packagist	phpMyFAQ	`<4.1.2`	`4.1.2`
COMPOSER	phpMyFAQ	`< 4.1.2`	`4.1.2`
COMPOSER	phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ	`< 4.1.2`	`4.1.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.