Security Advisory 2022-10-02
CSRF vulnerability in phpMyFAQ
- Issued on:
- 2022-10-02
- Software:
- phpMyFAQ <= 3.1.6
- Risk:
- Medium
- Platforms:
- all
The phpMyFAQ Team has learned of a security issue that have been discovered in phpMyFAQ 3.1.6 and
earlier. phpMyFAQ contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Description
phpMyFAQ does not implement sufficient checks to avoid
- CSRF when logging out an user.
Solution
The phpMyFAQ Team has released the new phpMyFAQ version 3.1.7 which fixes the vulnerability. All
users of affected phpMyFAQ versions are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible to this latest version.
Workaround
There's no workaround except installing phpMyFAQ 3.1.7.
References
Thanks
The phpMyFAQ team would like to thank KhanhCM for the responsible disclosure of this vulnerability.