CVE•Published 2026-04-02•Modified 2026-04-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-34728Phpmyfaq · Phpmyfaq

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.7

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-02

Modified 2026-04-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-34728

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq"

All exposed Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Phpmyfaq"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Phpmyfaq" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-34728