Credential Exposure Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.0.0
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- published11 Dec 2024
- disclosed6 Dec 2024
- creditgeo-chen
Introduced: 6 Dec 2024
NewCVE-2024-54141 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 4.0.0 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 Credential Exposure in the error message returned when the underlying database is down. An attacker who can cause the database server to be unreachable by some means can expose the username and password of the application user.