CVE-2026-76205CWE-89sql-injection

CVE-2026-76205

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
8.6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00428 · 36.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2026-08-19T18:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq< 4.1.74.1.7
References (3)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-79h3-6hxj-g98h · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-sql-injection-via-glossary · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-79h3-6hxj-g98h · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 14:01Z
    phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 SQL Injection via Glossary
    cvelistv5