5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-27300
phpMyFAQ stored XML External Entity (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The `email` field in phpMyFAQ's user control panel page is vulnerable to stored XSS attacks due to the inadequacy of PHP's `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` function, which only validates the email format, not its content. This vulnerability enables an attacker to execute arbitrary client-side JavaScript within the context of another user's phpMyFAQ session. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

INFO

Published Date :

March 25, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 26, 2024, 12:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-27300 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-27300 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The `email` field in phpMyFAQ's user control panel page is vulnerable to stored XSS attacks due to the inadequacy of PHP's `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` function, which only validates the email format, not its content. This vulnerability enables an attacker to execute arbitrary client-side JavaScript within the context of another user's phpMyFAQ session. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-q7g6-xfh2-vhpx [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/09336b0ff0e0a04aa0c97c5975651af4769d2459 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/de90315c9bd4ead5fe6ba5586f6b016843aa8209 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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