TI-2024-18137 Aliases CVE-2024-27299 GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw

phpMyFAQ SQL Injection at "Save News"

MEDIUM 40CWE-89Published 2024-03-25 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in the the "Add News" functionality due to improper escaping of the email address. This allows any authenticated user with the rights to add/edit FAQ news to exploit this vulnerability to exfiltrate data, take over accounts and in some cases, even achieve RCE. The vulnerable field lies in the `authorEmail` field which uses PHP's `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` filter. This filter is insufficient in protecting against SQL injection attacks and should still be properly escaped. However, in this version of phpMyFAQ (3.2.5), this field is not escaped properly can be used together with other fields to fully exploit the SQL injection vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01151 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist): 3.2.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	3.2.5	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist)	3.2.5 to before 3.2.6	3.2.6	Patch available	GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw

phpMyFAQ Vendorthorsten Affected 3.2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.2.5 to before 3.2.6 Fixed in 3.2.6 Patch available GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:::::::*	3.2.5	Vulnerable	thorsten

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.5 Vulnerable ·thorsten

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Fixed in 3.2.6 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-27299
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw

References

Exploit 2

TI-2023-00296 Improper Authentication in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-53313 phpMyFAQ 3.1.0 through 4.1.6 Authentication Bypass via LDAP CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-37331 phpMyFAQ duplicate email registration allows multiple accounts with the same email CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-36257 phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2023-03720 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-00749 Command Injection in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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