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CVE-2017-14619

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14619 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ versions up to 2.9.8, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the "Title of your FAQ" configuration field. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited with low attack complexity and no authentication, requiring user interaction to achieve partial impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42987 · Oct 13, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/30b0025e19bd95ba28f4eff4d259671e7bb6bb86
PatchThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/144603/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
exploit-db.com / exploits/42987
phpmyfaq.de / security/advisory-2017-10-19