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ghsa-xww4-w6ff-5q3g

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-03-31 03:30

Modified

2023-04-07 15:15

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable privilege escalation from improper privilege management

Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-04-07T15:15:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-31T02:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "id": "GHSA-xww4-w6ff-5q3g",
  "modified": "2023-04-07T15:15:02Z",
  "published": "2023-03-31T03:30:30Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    },
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable privilege escalation from improper privilege management "
}

CVE-2023-1762 (GCVE-0-2023-1762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-03-31 00:00

Modified

2025-02-12 16:00

Severity ?

7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Summary

Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

References

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URL

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	https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c2374cc-7082-44b7-a6a6-ccff7a650a3a
	https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/ae6c1d8c3eab05d6e2227c7a9998707f4f891514

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	thorsten	thorsten/phpmyfaq	Version: unspecified < 3.1.12

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