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CVE-2024-28108: phpMyFAQ Stored HTML Injection at contentLink

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.53% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.2.6.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.2.6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Due to insufficient validation on the `contentLink` parameter, it is possible for unauthenticated users to inject HTML code to the page which might affect other users. _Also, requires that adding new FAQs is allowed for guests and that the admin doesn't check the content of a newly added FAQ._ This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 25, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 45th percentile

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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.1
CNA · GitHub_M
4.7
1.4 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
phpmyfaqphpmyfaq

Limit the impact of XSS

This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A well-configured Content-Security-Policy doesn't fix it, but greatly reduces its impact. Check your site's CSP and other security headers for free.

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • phpmyfaq phpmyfaq3.2.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • thorsten phpMyFAQ

    • 3.2.5affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistphpmyfaq/phpmyfaqfrom 3.2.5 · before 3.2.63.2.6

Same product

phpmyfaq: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-59943phpMyFAQ duplicate email registration allows multiple accounts with the same email
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-5865Insufficient Session Expiration in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-5227Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-28106Mar 25, 2024 · phpMyFAQ Stored XSS at FAQ News Content
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-28107Mar 25, 2024 · phpMyFAQ SQL injections at insertentry & saveentry
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-29179Mar 25, 2024 · phpMyFAQ Stored Cross-site Scripting at File Attachments
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
thorsten phpMyFAQ3.2.6 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
Packagist:phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq3.2.6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2022-3608523 days apartCross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2024-56199283 days apartphpMyFAQ Vulnerable to Stored HTML Injection at FAQ
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2022-3766511 days apartCross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2022-4407470 days apartCross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2457449 days apartphpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-5863147 days apartCross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in thorsten/phpmyfaq
    24Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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