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CVE-2026-34728

phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal - Arbitrary File Deletion in MediaBrowserController

Published: Apr 2, 2026Updated: Apr 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
8.7HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.1, the MediaBrowserController::index() method handles file deletion for the media browser. When the fileRemove action is triggered, the user-supplied name parameter is concatenated with the base upload directory path without any path traversal validation. The FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS filter only encodes HTML special characters (&, ', ", <, >) and characters with ASCII value < 32, and does not prevent directory traversal sequences like ../. Additionally, the endpoint does not validate CSRF tokens, making it exploitable via CSRF attacks. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

phpmyfaqphpmyfaqWeb & CMS Plugins
phpMyFAQthorsten
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
phpmyfaqoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq
thorstenindividual-devWeb & CMS Pluginsaka thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/releases/tag/4.1.1
github.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-38m8-xrfj-v38x
github.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 2, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 7, 2026

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