CVE-2023-53929: phpMyFAQ contains a CSV injection vulnerability

December 18, 2025 (updated January 2, 2026)

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.

References

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

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