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Vulnerability details: VCID-s5yq-t6ug-ebdu
Vulnerability ID VCID-s5yq-t6ug-ebdu
Aliases CVE-2024-56199
GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
Summary phpMyFAQ Vulnerable to Stored HTML Injection at FAQ Due to insufficient validation on the content of new FAQ posts, it is possible for authenticated users to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript code that can impact other users viewing the FAQ. This vulnerability arises when user-provided inputs in FAQ entries are not sanitized or escaped before being rendered on the page.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
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 0.00199 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
epss 0.00199 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
epss 0.00199 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
epss 0.00199 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
epss 0.00199 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56199
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56199
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-56199
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
CVE-2024-56199 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56199
GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L 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:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
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:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-02T17:41:18Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-ww33-jppq-qfrp
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56199
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 0.419
EPSS Score 0.00199
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:22:57.383206+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/thorsten/phpmyfaq/CVE-2024-56199.yml 38.6.0