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Vulnerability details: VCID-5256-zeqq-yqas
Vulnerability ID VCID-5256-zeqq-yqas
Aliases CVE-2024-28105
GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
Summary phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The category image upload function in phpmyfaq is vulnerable to manipulation of the `Content-type` and `lang` parameters, allowing attackers to upload malicious files with a .php extension, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE) on the system. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.03088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-28105
epss 0.03088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-28105
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
ssvc Track* https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
ssvc Track* https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28105
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28105
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-28105
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
CVE-2024-28105 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28105
GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-03-25T19:39:05Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/9136883776af67dfdb0e8cf14f5e0ca22bf4f2e7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-03-25T19:39:05Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh2-fpfr-x5gf
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28105
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87073
EPSS Score 0.03088
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:32:07.824441+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28105.json 38.6.0