Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq
Vendors & Products Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 SQL Injection via Glossary
First Time appeared Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
Weaknesses CWE-89
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq
Thorsten Phpmyfaq
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T14:01:53.887Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T11:34:28.576Z

Link: CVE-2026-76205

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T14:17:45.777

Modified: 2026-08-19T14:17:45.777

Link: CVE-2026-76205

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Updated: 2026-08-19T21:00:04Z

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