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CVE-2017-14618

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Questions field in an "Add New FAQ" action.

Affected products

• thorsten phpMyFAQ: through 2.9.8

References

• http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/
• http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/

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