thorsten phpmyfaq up to 3.1.9 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in thorsten phpmyfaq up to 3.1.9. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-0308. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in thorsten phpmyfaq up to 3.1.9 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.10.

The weakness was published 01/16/2023. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-0308 since 01/15/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.1.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 810ee26d25c3d97664532861863099952f0e9a1f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-0567). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: phpmyfaq 3.1.10
Patch: 810ee26d25c3d97664532861863099952f0e9a1f

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07/05/2025 +901 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 810ee26d25c3d97664532861863099952f0e9a1f
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0308 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0308
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218405
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2023 07:26
Updated: 07/05/2025 15:08
Changes: 01/16/2023 07:26 (52), 02/07/2023 21:21 (1), 02/07/2023 21:34 (9), 07/05/2025 15:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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