GHSA-VRJR-P3XP-XX2X phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available

Summary Exposure of database ie postgreSQL server's credential when connection to DB fails. Details Exposed database credentials upon misconfig/DoS @ permalink: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/blob/main/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Setup/Installer.phpL694 PoC When postgreSQL server is unreachable, ...

CVE-2024-54141

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Prior to 4.0.0, phpMyFAQ exposes the database ie postgreSQL server's credential when connection to DB fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0...

CVE-2024-54141

phpMyFAQ prior to 4.0.0 is vulnerable to proper error handling that exposes the database server credentials when a DB connection fails. This affects the phpMyFAQ software (PHP 8.1+ with MySQL/PostgreSQL and other databases) and can allow an attacker to obtain credentials from error messages, pote...

CVE-2024-54141 phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Prior to 4.0.0, phpMyFAQ exposes the database ie postgreSQL server's credential when connection to DB fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0...

CVE-2024-54141 phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Prior to 4.0.0, phpMyFAQ exposes the database ie postgreSQL server's credential when connection to DB fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0...

CVE-2024-54141 phpMyFAQ Generates an Error Message Containing Sensitive Information if database server is not available

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Prior to 4.0.0, phpMyFAQ exposes the database ie postgreSQL server's credential when connection to DB fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0...

PT-2024-36070 · Phpmyfaq · Phpmyfaq

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: phpMyFAQ versions prior to 4.0.0 Description: The issue exposes database server credentials when a connection to the database fails. This can occur when the database instance or server is unreachable, resulting in an error that reveals the...

phpMyFAQ 安全漏洞

phpMyFAQ is a multi-language, fully database-driven FAQ system by the individual developer Thorsten Rinne. A security vulnerability exists in phpMyFAQ versions prior to 4.0.0, which stems from exposing the database server credentials when a connection to the DB fails...

Exploit for Cross-site Scripting in Phpmyfaq

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SQL Injection

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is vulnerable to SQL Injection. The vulnerability is caused due to improper escaping of the email address within News.php. This allows authenticated users with appropriate privileges to execute malicious SQL queries, potentially leading to data exfiltration, account takeover, an...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability is caused due to the inadequacy of PHP's FILTERVALIDATEEMAIL function, which only validates email format but not its content. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary client-side JavaScript within the context of...

Path Traversal

phpmyfaq is vulnerable to Path Traversal. The vulnerability is due to improper validation / sanitisation on user input file paths. The vulnerability allows attackers with admin rights to upload malicious files to other locations of the web root, resulting in path traversal...

HTML Injection

phpmyfaq is vulnerable to HTML injection. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation on the contentLink parameter, this allowing an attacker to inject HTML code that can affect other users...

Remote Code Execution (RCE)

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution RCE. The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation of the file's content type within attachment.php. This allows an attacker to upload a malicious file with a .php extension, potentially leading to remote code execution RCE on...

Sql Injection

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is vulnerable to a SQL Injection. The vulnerability is due to improper escaping of email addresses in the insertentry and saveentry functions, which allows authenticated users with add/edit rights to manipulate records, leading to data exfiltration, account takeover, and...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

phpMyFAQ is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability is due to inadequate input validation of the "news" parameter in a POST request, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code. Upon visiting the compromised news page, the XSS payload is triggered...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

phpMyFAQ is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability is due to the handling of file attachments. An attacker with admin privileges can upload an attachment containing JS code without an extension, and the application will render it as HTML, leading to the execution of arbitrary...

The vulnerability of the FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL function in the phpMyFAQ web application, which allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the FILTERVALIDATEEMAIL function in the phpMyFAQ web application is related to the lack of security measures for the structure of the web page. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely...

The vulnerability of the “Add News” function in the phpMyFAQ web application allows a hacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.

The vulnerability of the “Add News” function in the phpMyFAQ web application is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the SQL query structure. Exploiting this vulnerability may allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain unauthorized access to the application...

The vulnerability in the phpMyFAQ web application allows attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability in the phpMyFAQ web application is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform cross-site scripting attacks XSS using specially created .html files...