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Vulnerability details: VCID-15yp-h3fj-pbb1
Vulnerability ID VCID-15yp-h3fj-pbb1
Aliases CVE-2023-2427
GHSA-5xq3-7mw9-wj5p
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.13.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2427
epss 0.00243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2427
epss 0.00243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2427
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xq3-7mw9-wj5p
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
cvssv3 6.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
cvssv3 6.1 https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
generic_textual MODERATE https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
ssvc Track https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2427
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2427
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2427
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2427
514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
GHSA-5xq3-7mw9-wj5p https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xq3-7mw9-wj5p
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-29T17:53:09Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/514f4df2ad918e69575028d58b2e33aaf536e59b
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-29T17:53:09Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/89005a6d-d019-4cb7-ae88-486d2d44190d
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2427
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.47856
EPSS Score 0.00243
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:30:03.525983+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2427.json 38.6.0