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Stored XSS at FAQ News Content

Moderate
thorsten published GHSA-6p68-36m6-392r Mar 25, 2024

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

3.2.5

Patched versions

3.2.6

Description

Summary

By manipulating the news parameter in a POST request, an attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code. Upon browsing to the compromised news page, the XSS payload triggers.

PoC

  1. Edit a FAQ news, intercept the request and modify the news parameter in the POST body with the following payload: %3cscript%3ealert('xssContent')%3c%2fscript%3e
  2. Browse to the particular news page and the XSS should pop up.
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Impact

This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary client side JavaScript within the context of another user's phpMyFAQ session

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2024-28106

Weaknesses

Credits