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CVE-2023-5864: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-5864 is a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq versions prior to 3.2.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 30, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting attacks, which could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and manipulation of web content. The CVSS scoring indicates low confidentiality and integrity impacts, with no availability impact (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in phpMyFAQ version 3.2.1. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix involves adding missing conversion to HTML entities in the codebase (GitHub Patch).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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