CVE-2023-53929

phpMyFAQ 3.1.12 CSV Injection via User Profile Export

CVSS 6.2 MEDIUMEPSS 0.4%CWE-1236

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

17 Dec 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

phpMyFAQ 3.1.12 contains a CSV injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious formulas into their profile names. Attackers can modify their user profile name with a payload like 'calc|a!z|' to trigger code execution when an administrator exports user data as a CSV file.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Affected products

Phpmyfaq · phpMyFAQ

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51399 https://www.phpmyfaq.de/https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-csv-injection-via-user-profile-export