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thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable privilege escalation from improper privilege management

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 31, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 7, 2023

Package

composer thorsten/phpmyfaq (Composer)

Affected versions

< 3.1.12

Patched versions

3.1.12

Description

thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12 is vulnerable to privilege escalation from improper privilege management. Any user with the ability to add a new user can create a user with super admin rights. This has been fixed in 3.1.12.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 31, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 31, 2023
Reviewed Apr 7, 2023
Last updated Apr 7, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-1762

GHSA ID

GHSA-xww4-w6ff-5q3g

Source code

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