thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 3.2.4 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 3.2.4. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-22202. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in thorsten phpMyFAQ up to 3.2.4 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. phpMyFAQ's user removal page allows an attacker to spoof another user's detail, and in turn make a compelling phishing case for removing another user's account. The front-end of this page doesn't allow changing the form details, an attacker can utilize a proxy to intercept this request and submit other data. Upon submitting this form, an email is sent to the administrator informing them that this user wants to delete their account. An administrator has no way of telling the difference between the actual user wishing to delete their account or the attacker issuing this for an account they do not control. This issue has been patched in version 3.2.5.

The weakness was published 02/06/2024 as GHSA-6648-6g96-mg35. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-22202 since 01/08/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1348dcecdaec5a5714ad567c16429432417b534d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• thorsten

Name

• phpMyFAQ

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/

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