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Vulnerability details: VCID-x8f6-wx6k-f3d5
Vulnerability ID VCID-x8f6-wx6k-f3d5
Aliases CVE-2025-68951
GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
Summary phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.14 and 4.0.15 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities. When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-side and rendered without escaping, resulting in script execution in the admin context. Version 4.0.16 contains a patch for the issue.
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-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-68951
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-68951
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68951
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68951
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-68951
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
CVE-2025-68951 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68951
GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-29T16:13:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/61829e83411f7b28bc6fd1052bfde54c32c6c370
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-29T16:13:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/8211d1d25951b4c272443cfc3ef9c09b1363fd87
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
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/2025-12-29T16:13:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8r-hv7q-p6vc
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68951
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.08613
EPSS Score 0.00028
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:59:04.777204+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68951.json 38.6.0