github - ghsa-x2v3-9p22-w3x6

ghsa-x2v3-9p22-w3x6

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-12-18 00:34

Modified

2025-12-18 00:34

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.2 (Medium) - 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

Details

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.

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CVE-2023-53929 (GCVE-0-2023-53929)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-17 22:44

Modified

2025-12-18 15:02

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium) - 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
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-1236 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

Summary

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

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51399	exploit
	https://www.phpmyfaq.de/	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-csv-injection-via-user-profile-export	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Phpmyfaq	phpMyFAQ	Version: 3.1.12

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