vulnerability / NVI-00003253 / Revision 2
Duplicate Advisory: phpMyFAQ: SVG Sanitizer Entity Decoding Depth Limit Bypass Leading to Stored XSS
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ, thorsten/phpMyFAQ. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
5.4 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ
source listed< 4.1.2
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-whqh-9pq5-c7r3. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.
thorsten/phpMyFAQ
source listed< 4.1.2
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-whqh-9pq5-c7r3. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.
phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 4.1.2
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-whqh-9pq5-c7r3. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.
thorsten/phpMyFAQ
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 4.1.2
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-whqh-9pq5-c7r3. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SvgSanitizer::decodeAllEntities() that limits recursive entity decoding to 5 iterations, allowing attackers to bypass sanitization. Authenticated users with FAQ_EDIT permission can upload malicious SVG files with deeply nested ampersand encoding around numeric HTML entities to reconstruct javascript: URLs, which execute arbitrary JavaScript when clicked by other users viewing the uploaded SVG.
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 4.1.2 for phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 4.1.2 for thorsten/phpMyFAQ. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-wj3q-vw2v-3rj3 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
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- GHSA-wj3q-vw2v-3rj3 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
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Public revision history
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- Revision 2 ·
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- Revision 1 ·
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