CVE-2026-85593
🔶 mediumSummary
phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FaqHelper::convertOldInternalLinks() that calls html_entity_decode() on sanitized FAQ content, reversing entity-encoding protection. Authenticated users with FAQ editing privileges can inject JavaScript payloads that execute in the browsers of all users viewing the affected FAQ pages.
CVSS Score
5.4
Medium
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-09-04
First Seen: 2026-09-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 22.3% of all 353,061 vulnerabilities in our database.
#274,196
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
Last Modified
2026-09-04
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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