Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-29179phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
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. An attacker with admin privileges can upload an attachment containing JS code without extension and the application will render it as HTML which allows for XSS attacks.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq | 3.2.6 | GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9 x_refsource_CONFIRM