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

What is CVE-2024-29179?

CVE-2024-29179 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq, published on 25 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29179?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq. It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29179?

Upgrade phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq to 3.2.6 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-29179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq

• CVE-2023-0310 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaq Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-4407 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11187 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-76213 phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 2FA Brute-Force via Session-Scoped Throttle Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-76214 phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 WebAuthn Replay Attack via Challenge Critical 9.1

All Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hm8r-95g3-5hj9.