{"id":"CVE-2017-14618","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14618","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:57:50.883Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Questions field in an \"Add New FAQ\" action.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/PMF/Faq.php in phpMyFAQ through 2.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Questions field in an \"Add New FAQ\" action.","published":"2017-09-20T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:06:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq"],"epss":{"score":0.02432,"percentile":0.84162,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03448,"percentile":0.8848},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02432,"percentile":0.83535}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-09-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42761,"kind":"exploit","title":"PHPMyFAQ 2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (1)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/42761.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/42761.txt","published":"2017-09-21","added":"2017-09-21","updated":"2017-11-17","author":"Ishaq Mohammed","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-14618"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comphpmyfaq-2.9.8.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2017-10-19","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144280/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42761/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14618","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}