CVE-2004-2257 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

phpMyFAQ 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to access the Image Manager to upload or delete images without authorization via a direct request.

Published: 2005-07-17

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01328.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/12085
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010795
http://www.osvdb.org/8240
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2004-07-27.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16814

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:34:58.763Z

Reserved: 2005-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2257

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:13.486Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2257

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-425

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