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SCA: security update for phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ, thorsten/phpMyFAQ (GHSA-h36g-93qx-rxgr)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442307

Description

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

 - phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FAQ creation and update
 endpoints that bypass sanitization through encode-decode cycles. The vulnerability allows authenticated
 attackers with FAQ_ADD permission to inject malicious script tags via question or answer parameters, which
 execute in every visitor's browser when FAQ content is rendered with the raw Twig filter. (CVE-2026-46363)

Solution

Update the phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ library and its related packages to version 4.1.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h36g-93qx-rxgr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442307

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 5/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46363

cwe: CWE-79