CVE-2024-24574 (GCVE-0-2024-24574)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 20:57 – Updated: 2025-06-17 14:01
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Title
phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
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Vendor Product Version
thorsten phpMyFAQ Affected: < 3.2.5
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