What is GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q?

GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FaqHelper:...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q cover?

GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-85593. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q?

GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5qMediumCVSS 5.4

phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in FaqHelper:...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2026

Last Modified

September 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-85593 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-x6qj-5jhf-xgpm
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85593
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.8-stored-xss-via-html-entity-decode
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xm9-x25x-7x5q