Medium

PHPMemcachedAdmin vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via improper encoding

  • Disclosed: 30.11.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin <= 1.3.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin
Disclosed
30.11.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pr4w-m4rp-gp87 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
11.2023 11.2023
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 2
  2. 2024: 0
  3. 2025: 0
  4. 2026: 0
  1. PHPMemcachedAdmin vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via improper encoding this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-6027 <= 1.3.0 no fix
  2. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-6026 <= 1.3.0 no fix

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