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CVE-2023-2753: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq versions prior to 3.2.0-beta. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 17, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). An alternative assessment by huntr.dev rated it with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the user's browser session, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information or manipulation of web content (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. The fix involves removing HTML event attributes as demonstrated in the commit 5401ab75d022932b8d5d7adaa771acf44fed18ba. Users should upgrade to phpMyFAQ version 3.2.0-beta or later (GitHub Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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