---
id: CVE-2025-62519
title: phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application
summary: >-
  phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.14, an
  authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the main configuration update
  functionality of phpMyFAQ allows a privileged user with 'Configuration Edit'
  permissio…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
vendor: phpmyfaq
product: phpmyfaq
affected:
  - phpmyfaq < 4.0.14
patched:
  - phpmyfaq 4.0.14
published: '2025-11-17'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62519'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/compare/4.0.13...4.0.14'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-fxm2-cmwj-qvx4
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00744
epssPercentile: 0.53016
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.472Z'
---

## Overview

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.0.14, an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the main configuration update functionality of phpMyFAQ allows a privileged user with 'Configuration Edit' permissions to execute arbitrary SQL commands. Successful exploitation can lead to a full compromise of the database, including reading, modifying, or deleting all data, as well as potential remote code execution depending on the database configuration. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.14.

## Affected

- `phpmyfaq < 4.0.14`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `phpmyfaq 4.0.14`