CVE-2023-0311 — Vulnerability in thorsten/phpmyfaq — CVE Details

CRITICAL

phpMyFAQ Improper Authentication vulnerability

Published January 16, 2023Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

Improper Authentication in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.10.

Advisory Timeline

First published January 16, 2023 (1365 days ago).
Last revised November 8, 2023 — 296 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update thorsten/phpmyfaq to 3.1.10 or later

composer require "thorsten/phpmyfaq:^3.1.10"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
thorsten/phpmyfaq	packagist	2.10.0-alpha, 2.8.0, 2.8.0-RC, 2.8.0-RC2 (+97 more)	3.1.10

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-287
Improper AuthenticationMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-0311?: phpMyFAQ Improper Authentication vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-g92r-9rxw-cmgx

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