Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-76205phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 SQL Injection via Glossary

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity SQL injection in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the glossary create and update endpoints caused by truncating an escaped string before embedding it in a SQL literal. Authenticated users with glossary add or edit permissions can craft a payload with a dangling backslash to escape the closing quote and inject arbitrary SQL commands to read sensitive database information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	0 – before 4.1.7

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-79h3-6hxj-g98h) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 SQL Injection via Glossary third-party-advisory