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Vulnerability details: VCID-ph1w-xbun-7uhg
Vulnerability ID VCID-ph1w-xbun-7uhg
Aliases CVE-2023-2999
GHSA-94r7-63g8-c4jw
Summary Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.14.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2999
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2999
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2999
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2999
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94r7-63g8-c4jw
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3 6.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
cvssv3 6.7 https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
generic_textual MODERATE https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
ssvc Track https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2999
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2999
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-2999
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
CVE-2023-2999 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2999
GHSA-94r7-63g8-c4jw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94r7-63g8-c4jw
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
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: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-10T16:25:48Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/937913948cab382a38f681e0bd29c152e2f383cd
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
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: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-10T16:25:48Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d89c7cc-fb4c-4b64-9b67-f0189f70a620
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2999
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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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.58618
EPSS Score 0.00362
Published At June 9, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:44:55.320810+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/thorsten/phpmyfaq/CVE-2023-2999.yml 38.6.0