SQL injection in phpMyFAQ - CVE-2026-56738
Published: July 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU137464
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-56738
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Thorsten Rinne
Affected software:
phpMyFAQ
phpMyFAQ
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL commands.
The vulnerability exists due to SQL injection in the StopWords::add() method when processing the user-supplied "word" parameter for stop-word insertion. A remote user can submit a specially crafted stop word value to execute arbitrary SQL commands.
Exploitation requires access to the administrative stop-word management feature.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-56738
Install security update from vendor's website.