Security Advisory 2023-07-16
XSS and CSV injection vulnerabilities in phpMyFAQ
- Issued on:
- 2023-07-16
- Software:
- phpMyFAQ <= 3.1.15
- Risk:
- Medium
- Platforms:
- all
The phpMyFAQ Team has learned of multiple security issues that'd been discovered in phpMyFAQ 3.1.13 and
earlier. phpMyFAQ contains cross-site scripting (XSS) and CSV injection vulnerabilities.
Description
phpMyFAQ doesn't implement sufficient checks to avoid XSS when intercepting malicious content into FAQs. Additionally
phpMyFAQ doesn't implement sufficient checks against CSV injections.
Solution
The phpMyFAQ Team has released the new phpMyFAQ version 3.1.16, which fixes these vulnerabilities. All
users of affected phpMyFAQ versions are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible to this latest version.
Workaround
There's no workaround except installing phpMyFAQ 3.1.16.
References
Thanks
The phpMyFAQ team would like to thank @chonkysec, and @lujiefsi for the responsible disclosure of these
vulnerabilities.