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SCA: security update for phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (GHSA-qgxx-4xv5-6hcw)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418131
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. A
SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in the the "Add News" functionality due to improper
escaping of the email address. This allows any authenticated user with the rights to add/edit FAQ news to
exploit this vulnerability to exfiltrate data, take over accounts and in some cases, even achieve RCE. The
vulnerable field lies in the `authorEmail` field which uses PHP's `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` filter. This
filter is insufficient in protecting against SQL injection attacks and should still be properly escaped.
However, in this version of phpMyFAQ (3.2.5), this field is not escaped properly can be used together with
other fields to fully exploit the SQL injection vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
(CVE-2024-27299)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 418131
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.59
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27299
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-27299
cwe: CWE-89