CVE-2024-29179 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-29179: phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments

Vendor Thorsten
Product phpMyFAQ
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published March 25, 2024
Last update April 10, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 25, 2024 CVE published
April 10, 2025 Record updated