CVE-2026-46360 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-46360: phpMyFAQ - Stored XSS via Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass in SVG Sanitizer

Vendor Thorsten
Product phpmyfaq
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published May 15, 2026
Last update May 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

May 15, 2026 CVE published
May 28, 2026 Record updated