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TI-2024-19348 Aliases CVE-2024-29179GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9

phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00508 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
thorstenphpMyFAQ3.2.5—No fix listedCNA
—phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist)3.2.5 to before 3.2.63.2.6Patch availableGHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9
  • 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-hm8r-95g3-5hj9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.5Vulnerablethorsten
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.5 Vulnerable ·thorsten

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9 phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Fixed in 3.2.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-29179
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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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