Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-15730

Title: Phpmyfaq Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-15730

CWE Category CWE-352

Published Date Oct 22, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-15730: In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in admin/stat.ratings.php.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/cce47f94375bb0102ab4f210672231dbb854dd0d https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43064/ https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/cce47f94375bb0102ab4f210672231dbb854dd0d https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43064/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-15730 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43064

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 20, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 22, 2017 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.