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phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename

Type: advisorySources: OSV

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Unsafe echo of filename in phpMyFAQ\phpmyfaq\admin\attachments.php leads to allowed execution of JavaScript code in client side (XSS). This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.2.5.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-24574
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5 Nov 2026, 02:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Feb 2024, 20:57 UTC

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Unsafe echo of filename in phpMyFAQ\phpmyfaq\admin\attachments.php leads to allowed execution of JavaScript code in client side (XSS). This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.2.5.

osv:CVE-2024-24574
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "phpMyFAQ vulnerable to stored XSS on attachments filename",
    "summary": "phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Unsafe echo of filename in phpMyFAQ\\phpmyfaq\\admin\\attachments.php leads to allowed execution of JavaScript code in client side (XSS). This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.2.5.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-24574",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
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      ],
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-24574.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:41.622639668Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/24xxx/CVE-2024-24574.json",
        "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7m8g-fprr-47fx",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24574",
        "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/5479b4a4603cce71aa7eb4437f1c201153a1f1f5",
        "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/pull/2827"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 509376,
  "published_at": "2024-02-05T20:57:13.115+00:00"
}