{"id":"CVE-2026-109573","title":"phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in PdoMysql::escape(), which escapes single quotes with backslashes that are treated literally when MySQL or MariaDB runs in NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES mode","summary":"phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in PdoMysql::escape(), which escapes single quotes with backslashes that are treated literally when MySQL or MariaDB runs in NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES mode. Unauthenticated attacke…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T14:17:27.180","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109573","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-98p2-cg7p-h385","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-sql-injection-via-api-autocomplete-search-endpoint","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-98p2-cg7p-h385","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00338,"epssPercentile":0.27056,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T00:09:02.612Z","vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpMyFAQ","affected":["phpMyFAQ < 4.1.9","phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha < 4.2.0-beta"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-13T13:52:24.348980Z"},"slug":"CVE-2026-109573","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in PdoMysql::escape(), which escapes single quotes with backslashes that are treated literally when MySQL or MariaDB runs in NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES mode. Unauthenticated attackers can send a Unicode right single quotation mark in the search parameter of api/autocomplete, which is normalized to an ASCII quote, to read credentials and configuration secrets, modify records, or drop tables.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":57,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":220885,"id":"CVE-2026-109573","ts":1792026900145,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}