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Vulnerability details: VCID-wgqs-pf23-dkdb
Vulnerability ID VCID-wgqs-pf23-dkdb
Aliases CVE-2024-28106
GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
Summary phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. By manipulating the news parameter in a POST request, an attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code. Upon browsing to the compromised news page, the XSS payload triggers. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.6.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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 0.00157 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-28106
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
ssvc Track https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28106
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28106
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-28106
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
CVE-2024-28106 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28106
GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-16T00:06:05Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c94b3deadd87789389e1fad162bc3dd595c0e15a
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-16T00:06:05Z/ Found at https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28106
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.36279
EPSS Score 0.00157
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:32:00.195933+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28106.json 38.6.0