4.8

CVE-2024-29179: phpmyfaq Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 25-03-2024Last modified 10-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-29179 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.51%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. An attacker with admin privileges can upload an attachment containing JS code without extension and the application will render it as HTML which allows for XSS attacks.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

42%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.51% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Phpmyfaq

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Phpmyfaq1 product
Thorsten1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links