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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-yjdz-bsf2-xbfz",
    "summary": "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. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.",
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