CVE-2023-53929

medium

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-csv-injection-via-user-profile-export

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51399

https://www.phpmyfaq.de/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-17

Updated: 2025-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061