Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-14618

Title: Phpmyfaq Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-14618

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Sep 20, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-14618: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Questions field in an "Add New FAQ" action.

Impacted Vendors

phpmyfaq 1

Reference Links

http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/ http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns