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.

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Fri, 15 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title phpMyFAQ - Stored XSS via Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass in SVG Sanitizer
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:16:21.024Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T19:40:27.808Z

Link: CVE-2026-46360

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:16:17.036Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T19:17:03.263

Modified: 2026-05-15T21:16:38.753

Link: CVE-2026-46360

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:45:08Z

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