What is CVE-2023-1758?

CVE-2023-1758 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under CWE-75. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-1758?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1758 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Phpmyfaq

CVE-2023-1758

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

Published 2023-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpmyfaq
Thorsten Thorsten/phpmyfaq — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-75

Public proof-of-concept exploits

punggawacybersecurity/CVE-List

References

huntr.dev/bounties/0854328e-eb00-41a3-9573-8da8f00e369c (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/f3380f46c464d1bc6f3ded29213c79be0de8fc57 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1758?: CVE-2023-1758 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under CWE-75. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-1758?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1758 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.