Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <3.1.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-THORSTENPHPMYFAQ-5926729
  • published 1 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 30 Sep 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 3.1.8 or higher.

Overview

thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type through the file upload functionality. An attacker can upload a file with a dangerous type, potentially leading to various security issues by exploiting the unrestricted file upload.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

9.8 critical