CVE-2022-3766Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 8.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.8.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- phpMyFAQ < 3.1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3766.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyFAQ 3.1.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52445webapps, multiplepublished 2 Dec 2025Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 3.1.8
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistthorsten/phpmyfaqGHSA-mg5h-rhjq-6v84 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d9666520-4ff5-43bb-aacf-50c8e5570983 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/c7904f2236c6c0dd64c2226b90c30af0f7e5a72d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2022-3766.md (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-7129 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mg5h-rhjq-6v84 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-3766)Record last updated .