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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2024-24574 json

phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename

published 2024-02-05 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-7m8g-fprr-47fx , EUVD-2024-0558

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq 3.2.5
  • phpmyfaq phpmyfaq 3.2.5
  • libgit2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.7.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13661-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7m8g-fprr-47fx referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
<3.2.5
3.2.5

Affected products

  • thorsten phpMyFAQ

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.