# CVE-2023-1758: Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in thorsten/phpmyfaq

- Also known as: GHSA-3J93-7RF7-P7M6
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.12
- Published: 2023-04-05 · Updated: 2025-02-10

## Affected

- thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq: fixed in 3.1.12
- thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 3.1.12

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.12) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/0854328e-eb00-41a3-9573-8da8f00e369c
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/f3380f46c464d1bc6f3ded29213c79be0de8fc57

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