Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-28105phpMyFAQ's File Upload Bypass at Category Image Leads to RCE

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity unrestricted file upload in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The category image upload function in phpmyfaq is vulnerable to manipulation of the `Content-type` and `lang` parameters, allowing attackers to upload malicious files with a .php extension, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE) on the system. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	3.2.6	GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	3.2.5

Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7 x_refsource_MISC