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SCA: security update for thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436511

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2025-68951)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436511

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68951

cwe: CWE-79