CVE-2023-53929

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53929
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53929.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53929
Aliases
Published
2025-12-17T22:44:57.447Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:48:54.693812449Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
phpMyFAQ 3.1.12 CSV Injection via User Profile Export
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53929.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1236"
    ],
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.1.12"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.1.12"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq
Events
Introduced
179331fc2a3a646d9bbd7696b0134b3b0875d1b8
Last affected
179331fc2a3a646d9bbd7696b0134b3b0875d1b8
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.1.12"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.1.12"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53929.json"