CVE-2017-15727 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment.

Published: 2017-10-21

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7150	In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01798.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/5c3e4f96ff0ef6b91a3f0aa64eb28197c5cf5435
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43063/

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-21T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:04:49.300Z

Reserved: 2017-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15727

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-22T18:29:00.310

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:10.363

Link: CVE-2017-15727

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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