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FKIE_CVE-2024-54141

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-06 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:09
Severity
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Prior to 4.0.0, phpMyFAQ exposes the database (ie postgreSQL) server's credential when connection to DB fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/b9289a0b2233df864361c131cd177b6715fbb0fePatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-vrjr-p3xp-xx2xExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq 4.0.0
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