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CVE-2024-29179

phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 25, 2024 at 08:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsphpMyFAQphpMyFAQ

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-79

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