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Vulnerability details: VCID-ajev-ydxv-nbd5
Vulnerability ID VCID-ajev-ydxv-nbd5
Aliases CVE-2023-1879
GHSA-m9qm-m5w5-9pgj
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
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 0.00261 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-1879
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3 4.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a2642195e9fcb9a6f151bfaa4ff20bf1b905da2e
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a2642195e9fcb9a6f151bfaa4ff20bf1b905da2e
cvssv3 4.7 https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
generic_textual MODERATE https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
ssvc Track https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1879
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1879
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-1879
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a2642195e9fcb9a6f151bfaa4ff20bf1b905da2e
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1879
0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334 https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
GHSA-m9qm-m5w5-9pgj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9qm-m5w5-9pgj
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-10T20:39:54Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/0dc8e527c375007cd4b8dbf61f7167393a6f6e91
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a2642195e9fcb9a6f151bfaa4ff20bf1b905da2e
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-10T20:39:54Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/1dc7f818-c8ea-4f80-b000-31b48a426334
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1879
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.49759
EPSS Score 0.00261
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:27:03.599289+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1879.json 38.6.0