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GHSA-M9QM-M5W5-9PGJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-05 18:30 – Updated: 2023-04-06 15:07

Summary

thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via updatecategory parameter

Details

thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) because it fails to sanitize user input in the updatecategory parameter. This has been fixed in 3.1.12.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


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

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      },
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-04-06T15:07:04Z",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-m9qm-m5w5-9pgj",
  "modified": "2023-04-06T15:07:04Z",
  "published": "2023-04-05T18:30:18Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a2642195e9fcb9a6f151bfaa4ff20bf1b905da2e"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via updatecategory parameter"
}

CVE-2023-1879 (GCVE-0-2023-1879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-10 20:39

Title

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Summary

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

@huntrdev

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b00…
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
thorsten	thorsten/phpmyfaq	Affected: unspecified , < 3.1.12 (custom)

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GHSA-M9QM-M5W5-9PGJ

CVE-2023-1879 (GCVE-0-2023-1879)

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