What is CVE-2023-2753?

CVE-2023-2753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-2753?

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

XSS in Phpmyfaq

CVE-2023-2753

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.2.0-beta.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-05-17 · 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: 0.006 (43.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.9% 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 — versions 3.2.0
Thorsten Thorsten/phpmyfaq — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/eca2284d-e81a-4ab8-91bb-7afeca557628 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/5401ab75d022932b8d5d7adaa771acf44fed18ba (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2753?: CVE-2023-2753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-2753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.