Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-14619

Title: Phpmyfaq Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-14619

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Sep 20, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-14619: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Title of your FAQ" field in the Configuration Module.

Impacted Vendors

phpmyfaq 1

Reference Links

http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/30b0025e19bd95ba28f4eff4d259671e7bb6bb86 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144603/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42987/ http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/30b0025e19bd95ba28f4eff4d259671e7bb6bb86 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144603/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42987/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns