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CVE-2026-76205

CVE-2026-76205HIGH

thorsten phpMyFAQ — phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 SQL Injection via Glossary

  AV  AC  AT  PR  UI  VC  VI  VA   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   L   N   H   H   N    8.6   .0043   34.8     —

AFFECTED
  Product   Versions     Fixed
  phpMyFAQ  unspecified  4.1.7

TIMELINE
  Aug 19  Reserved by VulnCheck
  Aug 19  Published (CNA: VulnCheck)
  Sep 1   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-76205 (thorsten phpMyFAQ). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-89 · CNA: VulnCheck · CVSS v4.0 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 19, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by VulnCheck
August 19, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: VulnCheck)
September 1, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-76205 (thorsten phpMyFAQ). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	—	—	4.1.7

Weaknesses

CWE-89

References (2)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-79h3-6hxj-g98h [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-sql-injection-via-glossary [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-76205 at cve.org

Vendors: thorsten

Weaknesses: CWE-89

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