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Vulnerability details: VCID-72u7-dj18-9fbm
Vulnerability ID VCID-72u7-dj18-9fbm
Aliases CVE-2024-29196
GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
Summary phpMyFAQ Path Traversal in Attachments 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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 0.0063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29196
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
cvssv3.1 3.8 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3.1 3.8 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
cvssv3.1 3.8 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
cvssv3.1 3.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29196
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
CVE-2024-29196 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-05T16:25:22Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/7ae2559f079cd5fc9948b6fdfb87581f93840f62
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

changed

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low

none

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low

none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-05T16:25:22Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-5cpf-2c72
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29196
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.70625
EPSS Score 0.0063
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T21:03:42.039548+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq/CVE-2024-29196.yml 38.6.0