CVE-2024-24574 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Unsafe echo of filename in phpMyFAQ\phpmyfaq\admin\attachments.php leads to allowed execution of JavaScript code in client side (XSS). This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.2.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02404.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Phpmyfaq	Phpmyfaq

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0558	phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Unsafe echo of filename in phpMyFAQ\phpmyfaq\admin\attachments.php leads to allowed execution of JavaScript code in client side (XSS). This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.2.5.
Github GHSA	GHSA-7m8g-fprr-47fx	phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/5479b4a4603cce71aa7eb4437f1c201153a1f1f5
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/pull/2827
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7m8g-fprr-47fx

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-02-05T20:57:13.115Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T14:01:12.409Z

Reserved: 2024-01-25T15:09:40.211Z

Link: CVE-2024-24574

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:19:52.930Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T21:15:12.340

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:59:27.143

Link: CVE-2024-24574

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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