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phpMyFAQ Detection (HTTP)

🗓️ 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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phpMyFAQ Detection script for identifying and extracting versio

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phpmyfaqwww.phpmyfaq.de/
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100106");
  script_version("2026-01-14T05:47:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-14 05:47:41 +0000 (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-04-05 20:39:41 +0200 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_name("phpMyFAQ Detection (HTTP)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Product detection");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl",
                      "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "gb_php_http_detect.nasl",
                      "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"HTTP based detection of phpMyFAQ.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.phpmyfaq.de/");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("cpe.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

port = http_get_port(default: 80);

if (!http_can_host_php(port: port))
  exit(0);

foreach dir(make_list_unique("/faq", "/phpmyfaq", http_cgi_dirs(port: port))) {
  install = dir;
  if (dir == "/")
    dir = "";

  url = dir + "/index.php";
  buf = http_get_cache(item: url, port: port);

  # e.g.:
  #
  # <title>sometitle - powered by phpMyFAQ 3.0.4</title>
  # <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="sometitle - powered by phpMyFAQ 3.0.4" href="http://<redacted>/opensearch.php" />
  # <div class="text-center py-3">powered with <heart_emoji_icon> and <coffee_emoji_icon> by <a href="https://www.phpmyfaq.de" target="_blank">phpMyFAQ</a> 3.0.4</div>
  #
  # or:
  #
  # nb: Two spaces here are correct:
  # <title>sometitle -  powered by phpMyFAQ 2.9.11</title>
  # <meta property="og:title" content="sometitle -  powered by phpMyFAQ 2.9.11">
  # <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="sometitle -  powered by phpMyFAQ 2.9.11" href="https://<redacted>/opensearch.php">
  #
  # And newer have these:
  #
  # <title>sometitle - powered with <heart_emoji_icon> and <coffee_emoji_icon> by phpMyFAQ 3.2.9</title>
  # <meta content="phpMyFAQ 3.2.9" name="application-name" />
  # <p class="col-md-6 mb-0 text-white">powered with <heart_emoji_icon> and <coffee_emoji_icon> by <a class="link-light text-decoration-none" target="_blank" href="https://www.phpmyfaq.de/">phpMyFAQ</a> 3.2.9</p>
  #
  # or:
  #
  # <title>phpMyFAQ Codename Pallas</title> -> This was from the Demo page
  # <meta content="phpMyFAQ 4.0.7" name="application-name">
  # <span class="text-light opacity-75">4.0.7</span>
  if (egrep(pattern: "(powered.* by phpMyFAQ|phpmyfaq\.de.+>phpMyFAQ<)", string: buf, icase: TRUE)) {

    conclUrl = http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url, url_only: TRUE);
    vers = "unknown";

    # See above
    #
    # Also this can be seen:
    # <div class="text-center py-3">powered with <heart_emoji_icon> and <coffee_emoji_icon> by <a href="https://www.phpmyfaq.de" target="_blank">phpMyFAQ</a> 3.0.4</div>
    version = eregmatch(string: buf, pattern: "phpMyFAQ ([0-9.]+).?([a-zA-Z0-9]+)?", icase: TRUE);
    if (!isnull(version[1])) {
      if (!isnull(version[2])) {
        vers = version[1] + "." + version[2];
      } else {
        vers = version[1];
      }
    }

    set_kb_item(name: "phpmyfaq/detected", value: TRUE);
    set_kb_item(name: "phpmyfaq/http/detected", value: TRUE);

    cpe = build_cpe(value: vers, exp: "^([0-9.]+)", base: "cpe:/a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:");
    if (!cpe)
      cpe = "cpe:/a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq";

    register_product(cpe: cpe, location: install, port: port, service: "www");

    log_message(data: build_detection_report(app: "phpMyFAQ", version: vers, install: install, cpe: cpe,
                                             concluded: version[0], concludedUrl: conclUrl),
                port: port);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(0);

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