Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-28107phpMyFAQ SQL injections at insertentry & saveentry

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity SQL injection 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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.0% 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. A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in the `insertentry` & `saveentry` when modifying records due to improper escaping of the email address. This allows any authenticated user with the rights to add/edit FAQ news to exploit this vulnerability to exfiltrate data, take over accounts and in some cases, even achieve RCE. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistphpmyfaq/phpmyfaq3.2.6GHSA-2grw-mc9r-822r

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.2.5

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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