CVE-2026-57961

LOW

phpMyFAQ - Authenticated Path Traversal in PDF Export via concatenatePaths Function

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a potential authenticated path traversal vulnerability in the concatenatePaths() function within src/phpMyFAQ/Export/Pdf/Wrapper.php. A user with FAQ editing privileges can store HTML containing crafted image paths that are processed during PDF generation. The path resolution logic locates the substring "content" within a user-controlled path using strpos(); when "content" is absent, strpos() returns false, which becomes 0 when cast to an integer, preserving the entire attacker-controlled path. This path is later passed to file_get_contents() without canonicalization or root-directory containment validation, which may allow reading of files outside the intended content directory.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-88g4-74f3-63x9)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-88g4-74f3-63x9
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Authenticated Path Traversal in PDF Export via concatenatePaths Function
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authenticated-path-traversal-in-pdf-export-via-concatenatepaths-function

Scores

CVSS v3 2.7
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ < 4.1.5
phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ 4.1.5
Published Jul 10, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 10, 2026