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Vulnerability details: VCID-b4yy-mtkz-hybq
Vulnerability ID VCID-b4yy-mtkz-hybq
Aliases CVE-2023-1878
GHSA-gcmq-7652-x98j
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
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 0.00276 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-1878
epss 0.00276 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-1878
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcmq-7652-x98j
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3 8.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
ssvc Track* https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
cvssv3 8.3 https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
generic_textual HIGH https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
ssvc Track* https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1878
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1878
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-1878
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1878
93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
GHSA-gcmq-7652-x98j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcmq-7652-x98j
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-02-10T20:40:29Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/e018823f8e3bca103c11e5a98b0dd469e41ed417
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-02-10T20:40:29Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/93f981a3-231d-460d-a239-bb960e8c2fdc
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1878
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.51347
EPSS Score 0.00276
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:27:15.122522+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1878.json 38.6.0