CVE-2023-53929
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.07%phpMyFAQ contains a CSV injection vulnerability
Published: 12/18/2025Modified: 2/3/2026
Description
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 packages (2)
- Packagist/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaqfrom 0, <= 3.1.12
- Packagist/thorsten/phpmyfaqfrom 0, <= 3.1.12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |