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CVE-2024-28107: phpMyFAQ: Authenticated User Can Exfiltrate Data and Take Over Accounts
CVE-2024-28107 · published 2 years ago
Summary
An issue has been found in a popular FAQ web application that could allow an authenticated user to steal sensitive information and take control of other user accounts. This issue affects PHP-based FAQs using MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other databases. Update to version 3.2.6 to fix the problem.
What to do
- Update phpmyfaq phpmyfaq to version 3.2.6.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | phpmyfaq | phpmyfaq |
3.2.5 Fix: upgrade to 3.2.6
|
Original advisory text
phpMyFAQ SQL injections at insertentry & saveentry
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 `insertentry` & `saveentry` when modifying records 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2grw-mc9r-822r
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28107... Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-2grw-mc9r-822r Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28107 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/d0fae62a72615d809e6710861c1a7f67ac89... Patch
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker full control
Type
CWE-89SQL Injection
Timeline
Published25 Mar 2024
Updated3 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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