CVE-2017-15735

HIGH

phpmyfaq < 2.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery for Glossary Modification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-15735. PoCs published by CodeSecLab.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional CSRF PoC for phpMyFAQ 2.9.8, demonstrating how an attacker can trick an authenticated admin into submitting a malicious glossary update via an auto-submitting HTML form. The exploit leverages the lack of CSRF token validation in the target endpoint.

Description

In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) for modifying a glossary.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by CodeSecLab · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52458

This is a functional CSRF PoC for phpMyFAQ 2.9.8, demonstrating how an attacker can trick an authenticated admin into submitting a malicious glossary update via an auto-submitting HTML form. The exploit leverages the lack of CSRF token validation in the target endpoint.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: phpMyFAQ 2.9.8
Auth required
Prerequisites: Victim must be authenticated as an admin · Victim must visit the malicious HTML page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq < 2.9.8
Published Oct 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026