---
id: CVE-2026-46361
title: phpMyFAQ - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via raw Filter in search.twig
summary: >-
  phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in
  search.twig where result.question and result.answerPreview are rendered with
  the raw filter, disabling autoescape protection. Attackers with FAQ editor
  privile…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: thorsten
product: phpmyfaq
affected:
  - phpmyfaq < 4.1.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-05-16T01:17:36.125046Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-05-15'
updated: '2026-11-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-08T14:03:53.644Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46361'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pqh6-8fxf-jx22
    label: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pqh6-8fxf-jx22)
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-raw-filter-in-search-twig
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via raw Filter
      in search.twig
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00289
epssPercentile: 0.21643
ingestedAt: '2026-11-08T14:51:22.419Z'
---

## Overview

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.twig where result.question and result.answerPreview are rendered with the raw filter, disabling autoescape protection. Attackers with FAQ editor privileges can inject HTML-entity-encoded payloads that bypass html_entity_decode(strip_tags()) processing in SearchController.php, executing arbitrary JavaScript in every visitor's browser context including administrators.

## Affected

- `phpmyfaq < 4.1.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.