🛡️ CVE-2023-0789 — phpmyfaq

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-0789 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2023-0789 is recorded against 2 packages.

• phpmyfaq (fixed in 3.1.11)
• thorsten/phpmyfaq (fixed in 3.1.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 February 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

phpmyfaq has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-34974 (5.4 Medium, published 2 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34973 (5.3 Medium, published 2 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34729 (6.1 Medium, published 2 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34728 (8.7 High, published 2 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-32629 (6.1 Medium, published 2 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-27836 (7.5 High, published 27 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2026-24422 (5.3 Medium, published 24 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-24421 (6.5 Medium, published 24 Jan 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-77: Command Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2025-29296 (9.8 Critical, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2024-58354 (9.9 Critical, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-6633 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-39523 (6.8 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-4032 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-4078 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-0817 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-22237 (6.7 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)

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