Security Advisory 2023-10-27

XSS and insufficient session expiration vulnerabilities in phpMyFAQ

Issued on:

2023-10-27

Software:

phpMyFAQ <= 3.2.1

Risk:

Medium

Platforms:

all

The phpMyFAQ Team has learned of multiple security issues that'd been discovered in phpMyFAQ 3.2.1 and

earlier. phpMyFAQ contains cross-site scripting (XSS) and insufficient session expiration vulnerabilities.

Description

phpMyFAQ doesn't implement sufficient checks to avoid XSS when adding malicious content into attachments and

administration. phpMyFAQ also implemented an insufficient session expiration.

Solution

The phpMyFAQ Team has released the new phpMyFAQ version 3.2.2, which fixes these vulnerabilities. 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 3.2.2.

References

• XSS

• XSS

• Insufficient session expiration

Thanks

The phpMyFAQ team would like to thank @nyeooo, @ngductung and Matt Zajork for the responsible disclosures of these

vulnerabilities.