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CVE-2023-1762: Improper Privilege Management in thorsten/phpmyfaq

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

Affected products

• thorsten phpMyFAQ: before 3.1.12 — fixed in 3.1.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.1.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/ae6c1d8c3eab05d6e2227c7a9998707f4f891514
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c2374cc-7082-44b7-a6a6-ccff7a650a3a
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/ae6c1d8c3eab05d6e2227c7a9998707f4f891514
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c2374cc-7082-44b7-a6a6-ccff7a650a3a

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