CVE-2023-5863 HIGH

CVE-2023-5863: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Vendor Thorsten

Product thorsten/phpmyfaq

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published October 31, 2023

Last update September 5, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.2.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 31, 2023 CVE published

September 5, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5863 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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