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CVE-2023-5863

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5863 is a reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting phpMyFAQ versions prior to 3.2.2. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser via a crafted link, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or KEV listing, Nuclei templates exist for detection, indicating potential for exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-5863 · Aug 15, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: thorsten/phpmyfaqFixed in: 3.2.2
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-j4vj-w5rj-8grwmedium

phpMyFAQ Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Oct 31, 2023

References

github.com / thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/97e813dcd2022bd10a8770569a8b02591716365f
Patch
huntr.com / bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory