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CVE-2026-46360: phpMyFAQ: SVG Sanitizer Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass Leading to Stored XSS

May 15, 2026 (updated May 21, 2026)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wj3q-vw2v-3rj3
  • github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-whqh-9pq5-c7r3
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46360
  • www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-stored-xss-via-entity-decoding-depth-limit-bypass-in-svg-sanitizer

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 4.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.2 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

packagist/thorsten/phpmyfaq/CVE-2026-46360.yml

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