What is CVE-2017-7579?

CVE-2017-7579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-7579?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmyfaq

CVE-2017-7579

inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ before 2.9.7 has XSS in the question field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpmyfaq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-04-02 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a69f32175c28af1b34e5df83000f830e60f6bce9 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7579?: CVE-2017-7579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-7579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.