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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-5227 json

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in thorsten/phpmyfaq

published 2023-09-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qcjg-hvg6-hxcp , EUVD-2023-2574

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.8.

Patch / fix

  • packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq 3.1.18
  • thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq 3.1.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq
<3.1.18
3.1.18

Affected products

  • thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.