CVE-2017-7579 : inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ before 2.9.7 has XSS in the question field.

inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ before 2.9.7 has XSS in the question field.

Published 2017-04-07 16:59:00

Updated 2017-04-12 20:33:47

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2017-7579

Phpmyfaq » Phpmyfaq
Versions up to, including, (<=) 2.9.6
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.27%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 47 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None
6.1	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	2.8	2.7	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Changed Confidentiality: Low Integrity: Low Availability: None

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

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-04-02

phpMyFAQ - Security Advisory 2017-04-02
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a69f32175c28af1b34e5df83000f830e60f6bce9

Added missing sanitizing · thorsten/phpMyFAQ@a69f321 · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory

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