PT-2025-51967 · Phpmyfaq · Phpmyfaq

Mirabbas Ağalarov · CVE-2023-53929 · Published 2025-12-17 · Updated 2025-12-20

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpMyFAQ version 3.1.12

Description The software contains a CSV injection flaw that permits authenticated users to inject malicious formulas into their profile names. An attacker can modify their user profile name with a payload such as 'calc|a!z|' to trigger code execution when an administrator exports user data as a CSV file.

Recommendations Update to a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, restrict the characters allowed in user profile names to prevent the injection of malicious formulas.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1236

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-53929

GHSA-X2V3-9P22-W3X6

Affected Products

Phpmyfaq

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53929.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/51399 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53929 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53929 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2002487777234203109 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/2001437189876375663 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-csv-injection-via-user-profile-export · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/40085 · Telegram Post
• https://phpmyfaq.de · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2001636623147012250 · Twitter Post