Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2024
CVE-2024-29179
phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments
4.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
phpMyFAQ · thorsten
3.2.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29179
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29179
Exploit
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9
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