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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-THORSTENPHPMYFAQ-5926729
  • published1 Oct 2023
  • disclosed30 Sept 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5227  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

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

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