CVE-2017-14619

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Published 2017-09-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Title of your FAQ" field in the Configuration Module.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

71%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42987 webapps php text · 1 KB

Ishaq Mohammed · 2017-10-13

phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (2)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 Stored XSS
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.phpmyfaq.de/
# Software Link: http://download.phpmyfaq.de/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8.zip
# Exploit Author: Ishaq Mohammed
# Contact: https://twitter.com/security_prince
# Website: https://about.me/security-prince
# Category: webapps
# CVE: CVE-2017-14619

1. Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Title of
your FAQ" field in the Configuration Module.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14619
https://securityprince.blogspot.fr/2017/10/cve-2017-14619-phpmyfaq-298-cross-site_92.html

2. Proof of Concept

Steps to Reproduce:

   1. Open the affected link http://localhost/phpmyfaq/admin/?action=config
   with logged in user with administrator privileges
   2. Enter the <marquee onscroll=alert(document.cookie)> in the “Title of
   your FAQ field”
   3. Save the Configuration
   4. Login using any other user or simply click on the phpMyFAQ on the
   top-right hand side of the web portal


3. Solution:

The Vulnerability will be fixed in the next release of phpMyFAQ

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	`{"endIncluding":"2.9.8"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.