thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via category field name parameter

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-1885 · GHSA-xxm6-ff3x-v4vm · Published 05/04/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1885 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq (phpmyfaq).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.48%, higher than 41.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.12 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
thorsten/phpmyfaq Packagist	`< 3.1.12`	`3.1.12`
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq	`< 3.1.12`	`3.1.12`

Description

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

NVD description

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

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1885 · ADVISORY
thorsten/phpmyfaq commit fecc803 · WEB
thorsten/phpMyFAQ · PACKAGE
huntr.dev/bounties/bce84c02-abb2-474f-a67b-1468c9dcabb8 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

thorsten/phpmyfaq

Packagist

< 3.1.12

3.1.12

phpmyfaq

< 3.1.12

3.1.12

Description

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

NVD description

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

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