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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1tbWg2LTVjcGYtMmM3Ms4AA6RR

phpMyFAQ Path Traversal in Attachments

Summary

There is a Path Traversal vulnerability in Attachments that allows attackers with admin rights to upload malicious files to other locations of the web root.

PoC

1. In settings, the attachment location is vulnerable to path traversal and can be set to e.g ..\hacked
   

2. When the above is set, attachments files are now uploaded to e.g C:\Apps\XAMPP\htdocs\hacked instead of C:\Apps\XAMPP\htdocs\phpmyfaq\attachments

3. Verify this by uploading an attachment and see that the "hacked" directory is now created in the web root folder with the attachment file inside.
   
   

Impact

Attackers can potentially upload malicious files outside the specified directory.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1tbWg2LTVjcGYtMmM3Ms4AA6RR
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Low
Classification: General
Published: about 1 month ago
Updated: about 1 month ago

CVSS Score: 3.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72, CVE-2024-29196
References:

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72

Repository: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
Blast Radius: 2.3

Affected Packages