CVE-2023-53929: phpMyFAQ 3.1.12 contains a CSV injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious formulas into their profile names. Attackers can…

PriorityP345high8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.44%

35.3th percentile

phpMyFAQ 3.1.12 contains a CSV injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious formulas into their profile names. Attackers can modify their user profile name with a payload like 'calc|a!z|' to trigger code execution when an administrator exports user data as a CSV file.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	—	—
phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0 – 3.1.12	—
thorsten	phpmyfaq	0 – 3.1.12	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.0HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv4.06.2MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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