What is CVE-2024-29179?

CVE-2024-29179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-29179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmyfaq

CVE-2024-29179

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Phpmyfaq — versions 3.2.5
Thorsten Phpmyfaq — versions 3.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29179?: CVE-2024-29179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-29179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.