What is GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6?

GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. phpMyFAQ contains a CSV injection vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 cover?

GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-53929. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6?

GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6?

GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6 affects 2 products, including: composer/thorsten/phpmyfaq:\u003c= 3.1.12; composer/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq:\u003c= 3.1.12.

GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6MediumCVSS 8.8

phpMyFAQ contains a CSV injection vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 18, 2025

Last Modified

January 2, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-53929 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products2

composer/thorsten/phpmyfaq:<= 3.1.12
composer/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq:<= 3.1.12

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53929
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51399
https://www.phpmyfaq.de
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-csv-injection-via-user-profile-export
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2v3-9p22-w3x6