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CVE-2023-5865: Insufficient Session Expiration in thorsten/phpmyfaq

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-613

Description

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.2.2.

Affected products

• thorsten phpMyFAQ: before 3.2.2 — fixed in 3.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/5f43786f52c3d517e7665abd25d534e180e08dc5
• https://huntr.com/bounties/4c4b7395-d9fd-4ca0-98d7-2e20c1249aff
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/5f43786f52c3d517e7665abd25d534e180e08dc5
• https://huntr.com/bounties/4c4b7395-d9fd-4ca0-98d7-2e20c1249aff

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