Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-gcp9-5jc8-976x)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439604

Description

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

 - phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the searchCustomPages() method in
 phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Search.php uses real_escape_string() (via escape()) to sanitize the search term
 before embedding it in LIKE clauses. However, real_escape_string() does not escape SQL LIKE metacharacters
 % (match any sequence) and _ (match any single character). An unauthenticated attacker can inject these
 wildcards into search queries, causing them to match unintended records — including content that was not
 meant to be surfaced — resulting in information disclosure. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.1.
 (CVE-2026-34973)

Solution

Update the thorsten/phpmyfaq library and its related packages to version 4.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcp9-5jc8-976x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439604

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/2/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34973

cwe: CWE-943