Stored XSS via raw guest email rendering
Published Apr 2, 2026 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Stored XSS in phpMyFAQ before 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser via a guest FAQ email. The frontend FaqController accepts an RFC-valid quoted email containing HTML, stores it unsanitized, and the admin FAQ editor renders it with Twig's raw filter. Guest FAQ submission is enabled by default, but exploitation requires an administrator to open the pending FAQ; the script then acts with that browser session's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in phpMyFAQ before 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser via a guest FAQ email. The frontend FaqController accepts an RFC-valid quoted email containing HTML, stores it unsanitized, and the admin FAQ editor renders it with Twig's raw filter. Guest FAQ submission is enabled by default, but exploitation requires an administrator to open the pending FAQ; the script then acts with that browser session's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32629
- Published
- Apr 2, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Thorsten Rinne
- Product
- phpMyFAQ
- Classifications
- CWE-20, CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.1.1
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