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phpMyFAQ < 3.2.0 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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phpMyFAQ < 3.2.0 XSS Vulnerability. Attacker can take control of database and execute shell commands

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127241");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-11-03 10:48:56 +0200 (Thu, 03 Nov 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-10-20 19:35:00 +0000 (Thu, 20 Oct 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-3608");

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

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("phpMyFAQ < 3.2.0 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_phpmyfaq_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("phpmyfaq/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"phpMyFAQ is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker is able to take control of the entire database and
  in some cases read arbitrary file or execute shell commands by writing malicious php file.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"phpMyFAQ prior to version 3.2.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.2.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://huntr.dev/bounties/8f0f3635-9d81-4c55-9826-2ba955c3a850/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.2.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.2.0", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 3.18.4
CVSS 37.2
EPSS0.00979
SSVC
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