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CVE-2024-22202

MEDIUM
Published 2024-02-05T19:39:38.262Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.515
Higher than 51.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE

phpMyFAQ User Removal Page Allows Spoofing Of User Details

GHSA-6648-6g96-mg35

Advisory Details

### Summary 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. ### Details 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. Whilst 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. ### PoC We are logged in as `hacker` and visit `/user/request-removal`. This brings us to the following page. We are not able to change the `username`, `Your name` and `Your email address` fields on this page. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/296202382-9e6d6409-3ffb-4983-8895-9903e7dfc663.png) However, we intercept this request using a proxy tool such as BurpSuite. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/296202522-dd80fe87-e7b7-4fe2-97be-dca03289f506.png) We can now edit the request before sending it. We change the fields mentioned above to the details of another user, and send the request. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/296202705-fa8fd3f8-1417-457e-9d6e-7e4ba0f8744a.png) This results in the following email being sent to the administrator. For them, it looks like the victim wants to delete their account. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/296202935-a5c48e0b-f93e-488a-9716-4f93889100a7.png) ### Impact The impact of this vulnerability is that administrators cannot trust the emails sent by the platform. An attacker can easily make a compelling case to perform phishing and get victim accounts deleted.

Affected Packages

Packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <3.2.5

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 5, 2024, Modified: February 5, 2024

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Published: 2024-02-05T19:39:38.262Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T22:35:34.945Z
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