CVE-2023-0791

High

Published: 12 February 2023

Published

12 February 2023

Modified

21 March 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0033 56.2th percentile

Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0791 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.11.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

phpmyfaq

≤ 3.1.11

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.