In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment.

published 2017-10-21 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7150

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ@5c3e4f9 commit

Timeline

2017-10-21 Published
2017-10-28 First public exploit (EDB-43063)

Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-43063 PHPMyFAQ 2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (3) webapps, 2017-10-28

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/5c3e4f96ff0ef6b91a3f0aa64eb28197c5cf5435
patch, third-party-advisory
exploit-db.com /exploits/43063/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-15727
NVD CVE-2017-15727

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.

Summary