CVE-2023-6027 — A critical flaw has been identified in elijaa/phpmemcachedadmin affecting versio

A critical flaw has been identified in elijaa/phpmemcachedadmin affecting version 1.3.0, specifically related to a stored XSS vulnerability. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to insert a carefully crafted JavaScript payload. The issue arises from improper encoding of use

01What is this vulnerability?

A critical flaw has been identified in elijaa/phpmemcachedadmin affecting version 1.3.0, specifically related to a stored XSS vulnerability. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to insert a carefully crafted JavaScript payload. The issue arises from improper encoding of user-controlled entries in the "/pmcadmin/configure.php" parameter.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PHPMemcachedAdmin	PHPMemcachedAdmin	1.3.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-30T13:38:43.344Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.157Z

09References

• www.incibe.es — https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-phpm…