Script execution via unescaped configuration values
Published Sep 30, 2023 · Updated Sep 23, 2024
DOM-based cross-site scripting in phpMyFAQ before 3.1.18 allows remote authenticated users to run script through crafted configuration values. The renderInputForm function in admin/ajax.config_list.php inserts ordinary and password configuration values into input value attributes without HTML entity encoding. An authenticated account must first store a malicious value; loading the configuration form then executes it in an administrator's browser with access to that origin.
Summary
What happened
DOM-based cross-site scripting in phpMyFAQ before 3.1.18 allows remote authenticated users to run script through crafted configuration values. The renderInputForm function in admin/ajax.config_list.php inserts ordinary and password configuration values into input value attributes without HTML entity encoding. An authenticated account must first store a malicious value; loading the configuration form then executes it in an administrator's browser with access to that origin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5316
- Published
- Sep 30, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2024
- Vendor
- Thorsten Rinne
- Product
- phpMyFAQ
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 23, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.1.18
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