CVE-2025-68951: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in thorsten phpMyFAQ
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.
CVE-2025-68951: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in thorsten phpMyFAQ
Description
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-26T16:46:17.499Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69529eb471a94549f143f386
Added to database: 12/29/2025, 3:31:00 PM
Last updated: 12/29/2025, 11:11:46 PM
Views: 13
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