Low severity · published Mar 26, 2024
CVE-2024-29196
phpMyFAQ Path Traversal in Attachments
2.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. There is a Path Traversal vulnerability in Attachments that allows attackers with admin rights to upload malicious files to other locations of the web root. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% 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, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29196
Patch
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
Exploit
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
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