CVE-2025-68951phpMyFAQ has stored XSS in admin "List of users" via display_name HTML entity decoding (html_entity_decode) + Twig |raw
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
thorsten phpMyFAQ thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name) | from 4.0.14, < 4.0.16 | CNA record |
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq | from 4.0.14 before 4.0.16; 4.1.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vcx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370x-refsource-misc, patch
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87x-refsource-misc, patch
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