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SCA: security update for phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 448342

Description

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

 - phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
 versions prior to 4.2.0-alpha allows any unauthenticated user (or low-privileged registered user) to
 inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in an administrator's browser when they review or edit a user-
 submitted FAQ entry. This leads to admin account takeover via session theft. The vulnerability exists
 because `html_entity_decode()` converts HTML entities into executable HTML after `strip_tags()` has
 already passed them through, and the admin template renders the content with Twig's `|raw` filter without
 any output sanitization. Version 4.2.0-alpha fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-56736)

Solution

Update the phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq library and its related packages to version 4.2.0-alpha or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgwp-vc7q-cvj3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 448342

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/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: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56736

cwe: CWE-79