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Vulnerability details: VCID-z8kb-6u51-8bd9
Vulnerability ID VCID-z8kb-6u51-8bd9
Aliases CVE-2023-5316
GHSA-58v7-58c2-qwm9
Summary Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.18.
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 0.00287 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5316
cvssv3.1 9.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3 9.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
cvssv3.1 9.1 https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
cvssv3 9.1 https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
cvssv3.1 9.1 https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
generic_textual CRITICAL https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
ssvc Track https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
cvssv3.1 9.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5316
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5316
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5316
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5316
332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43 https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
GHSA-58v7-58c2-qwm9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-58v7-58c2-qwm9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L 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:H/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-23T16:05:40Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/332d2e4a83251d406ca58dd11c27c598673aa5fa
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
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/2024-09-23T16:05:40Z/ Found at https://huntr.dev/bounties/f877e65a-e647-457b-b105-7e5c9f58fb43
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5316
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 0.52529
EPSS Score 0.00287
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:21:49.126851+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5316.json 38.6.0