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TI-2023-01651 Aliases CVE-2023-1758GHSA-3j93-7rf7-p7m6

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-75Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00536 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed thorsten/phpmyfaq (thorsten): 3.1.12thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): 3.1.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
thorstenthorsten/phpmyfaqbefore 3.1.123.1.12Patch availableCNA
—thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist)before 3.1.123.1.12Patch availableGHSA-3j93-7rf7-p7m6
  • thorsten/phpmyfaq Vendorthorsten Affected before 3.1.12 Fixed in 3.1.12 Patch available CNA
  • thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.12 Fixed in 3.1.12 Patch available GHSA-3j93-7rf7-p7m6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.1.12Vulnerablethorsten
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.12 Vulnerable ·thorsten

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA thorsten/phpmyfaq (thorsten) Fixed in 3.1.12
  • Fix · GHSA-3j93-7rf7-p7m6 thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Fixed in 3.1.12 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    thorsten/phpmyfaq 3.1.12

    12 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 8 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-01770 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in thorsten/phpmyfaqPriority MEDIUM 60
    • TI-2023-01768 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in thorsten/phpmyfaqPriority MEDIUM 60
    • TI-2023-01764 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaqPriority MEDIUM 60
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1758
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3j93-7rf7-p7m6

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-00296 Improper Authentication in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-53313 phpMyFAQ 3.1.0 through 4.1.6 Authentication Bypass via LDAP CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-37331 phpMyFAQ duplicate email registration allows multiple accounts with the same email CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36257 phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2023-03720 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-00749 Command Injection in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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