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CVE-2026-34728

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the MediaBrowserController::index() method handles file deletion for the media browser. When the fileRemove action is triggered, the user-supplied name parameter is concatenated with the base upload directory path without any path traversal validation. The FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS filter only encodes HTML special characters (&, ', ", <, >) and characters with ASCII value < 32, and does not prevent directory traversal se
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:d921de579afbccf992312f876f4f24a2d50f4fd5361ca30139189dba2504d354
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"phpMyFAQ","vendor":"thorsten","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 4.1.1"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/releases/tag/4.1.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/releases/tag/4.1.1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-38m8-xrfj-v38x","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-38m8-xrfj-v38x"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-38m8-xrfj-v38x"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a794f48349083ff5e0fff3d07fe750a395ab56a70c979377ab24aeedf7d84a5 · sha256:8664cbcb2fabaa63… · /containers/adp/0/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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