thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.0.15 Display Name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.0.15 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Display Name Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-68951. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 4.0.15. Affected is an unknown code of the component Display Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.14 and 4.0.15 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities. When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-side and rendered without escaping, resulting in script execution in the admin context. Version 4.0.16 contains a patch for the issue.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68951 since 12/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 4.0.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-205601). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• thorsten

Name

• phpMyFAQ

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.0.15

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/

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