CVE-2024-29179 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00292.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Phpmyfaq	Phpmyfaq

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0940	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9	phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-03-25T20:27:55.083Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:29:53.455Z

Reserved: 2024-03-18T17:07:00.092Z

Link: CVE-2024-29179

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:10:54.091Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-25T21:15:47.050

Modified: 2025-01-09T16:59:41.167

Link: CVE-2024-29179

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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