What is CVE-2017-15728?

CVE-2017-15728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-15728?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmyfaq

CVE-2017-15728

In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via metaDescription or metaKeywords.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpmyfaq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/2d2a85b59e058869d7cbcfe2d73fed4a282f2e5b (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15728?: CVE-2017-15728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-15728?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.