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HIGHCVE-2026-34728Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-34728: phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal - Arbitrary File Deletion in MediaBrowserController

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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.7
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • thorsten / phpMyFAQ
    < 4.1.1
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H