Medium severity · published Oct 22, 2017
CVE-2017-15727
In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment
5.4
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phpmyfaq · Phpmyfaq
through 2.9.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15727
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15727
Patch
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/5c3e4f96ff0ef6b91a3f0aa64eb28197c5cf5435
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43063/
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