CVE-2026-34728 PUBLISHED

phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal - Arbitrary File Deletion in MediaBrowserController

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 02.04.2026 Updated: 02.04.2026

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 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor thorsten
Product phpMyFAQ
Versions
  • Version < 4.1.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE