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phpMyFAQ < 3.1.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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phpMyFAQ < 3.1.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities, CSV Injection & Stored XS

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124381");
  script_version("2026-01-09T15:42:56+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-09 15:42:56 +0000 (Fri, 09 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-31 08:08:56 +0200 (Mon, 31 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-08-03 20:39:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Aug 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4006", "CVE-2023-4007", "CVE-2025-53929");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("phpMyFAQ < 3.1.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_phpmyfaq_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("phpmyfaq/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"phpMyFAQ is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:

  - CVE-2023-4006: CSV injection while export users

  - CVE-2023-4007: Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Question field

  - CVE-2025-53929: CSV injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious
  formulas into their profile names to trigger code execution when an administrator exports user
  data as a CSV file.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"phpMyFAQ prior to version 3.1.16.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.1.16 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://huntr.dev/bounties/36149a42-cbd5-445e-a371-e351c899b189");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://huntr.dev/bounties/e891dcbc-2092-49d3-9518-23e37187a5ea");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51399");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/03946eca488724251eaed8d9d36fed92e6d8fd22");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/compare/3.1.15...3.1.16");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.1.16")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.16", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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09 Jan 2026 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 3.19.8
CVSS 38.8
CVSS 46.4
EPSS0.00809
SSVC
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