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Vulnerability details: VCID-xt5z-y1n5-37fn
Vulnerability ID VCID-xt5z-y1n5-37fn
Aliases CVE-2023-5863
GHSA-j4vj-w5rj-8grw
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.2.2.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.7
Risk 3.4
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 0.06224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5863
epss 0.06224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5863
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j4vj-w5rj-8grw
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
cvssv3 7.4 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
cvssv3 7.4 https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
generic_textual MODERATE https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
ssvc Track https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5863
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5863
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5863
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5863
97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
GHSA-j4vj-w5rj-8grw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j4vj-w5rj-8grw
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-05T17:50:00Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
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/2024-09-05T17:50:00Z/ Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5863
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 0.91082
EPSS Score 0.06224
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:21:59.941034+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5863.json 38.6.0