CVE-2023-1762 HIGH

CVE-2023-1762: Improper Privilege Management in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Vendor Thorsten

Product thorsten/phpmyfaq

Weakness CWE-269

Published March 31, 2023

Last update February 12, 2025

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CVSS base score

7.2/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 31, 2023 CVE published

February 12, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1762 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html AskarLabs — CWE-269 write-up Improper Privilege Management

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