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Fencer Vulns
low 3.8

CVE-2024-29196 json

phpMyFAQ Path Traversal in Attachments

published 2024-03-25 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2024-0964 , GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72

cvss
3.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq 3.2.6
  • phpmyfaq phpmyfaq 3.2.6

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
>=3.2.5, <3.2.6
3.2.6

Affected products

  • thorsten phpMyFAQ
  • phpmyfaq phpmyfaq

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.