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Vulnerability details: VCID-1kny-sn17-gbdz
Vulnerability ID VCID-1kny-sn17-gbdz
Aliases CVE-2023-5320
GHSA-pp4w-g5p4-85p2
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.18.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
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 0.00544 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5320
epss 0.00544 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5320
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp4w-g5p4-85p2
cvssv3.1 9.0 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
cvssv3 9 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
cvssv3.1 9.0 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
cvssv3 9 https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
cvssv3.1 9.0 https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
generic_textual CRITICAL https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
ssvc Track https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
cvssv3.1 9.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5320
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5320
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5320
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5320
3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67 https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
GHSA-pp4w-g5p4-85p2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp4w-g5p4-85p2
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-23T16:16:32Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e92369543959772adcdab4f36c837faa27490346
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-23T16:16:32Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2bc18b-5932-4fb5-a01e-24b2b0443b67
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5320
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.68194
EPSS Score 0.00544
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:21:47.711512+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5320.json 38.6.0