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CVE-2024-28105

phpMyFAQ's File Upload Bypass at Category Image Leads to RCE

Published: Mar 25, 2024Updated: Jan 9, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-434
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 28.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The category image upload function in phpmyfaq is vulnerable to manipulation of the `Content-type` and `lang` parameters, allowing attackers to upload malicious files with a .php extension, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE) on the system. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-434

Affected Products

thorsten
individual-devaka phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq
phpMyFAQOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
phpmyfaq
oss-project
phpmyfaq
Web & CMS Plugins
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
phpMyFAQOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Packagist
package-ecosystem
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Command and Control
Initial Access
Persistence
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References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
github.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
github.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
github.com
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