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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. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-26T03:01:36.89Z","modified":"2024-08-05T16:29:28.863Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:15.337999Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-0964","description":"phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. 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. 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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.\n![image](https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/assets/63487456/325df0cc-e9ee-48bd-a7bb-1295199b4d9e)\n![image](https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/assets/63487456/beb10a6a-9d56-4607-8da6-49581991b1fe)\n\n### Impact\nAttackers can potentially upload malicious files outside the specified directory.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-03-25T19:35:09Z","modified":"2024-03-26T12:58:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:41.821668Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-29196","description":"phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. 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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.\n![image](https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/assets/63487456/325df0cc-e9ee-48bd-a7bb-1295199b4d9e)\n![image](https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/assets/63487456/beb10a6a-9d56-4607-8da6-49581991b1fe)\n\n### Impact\nAttackers can potentially upload malicious files outside the specified directory.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-03-25T19:35:09Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:10.646713076Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.170928Z"}]}}