phpMyFAQ - Authenticated Path Traversal in PDF Export via concatenatePaths Function
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a potential authenticated path traversal vulnerability in the concatenatePaths() function within src/phpMyFAQ/Export/Pdf/Wrapper.php. A user with FAQ editing privileges can store HTML containing crafted image paths that are processed during PDF generation. The path resolution logic locates the substring "content" within a user-controlled path using strpos(); when "content" is absent, strpos() returns false, which becomes 0 when cast to an integer, preserving the entire attacker-controlled path. This path is later passed to file_get_contents() without canonicalization or root-directory containment validation, which may allow reading of files outside the intended content directory.
Affected products
1- Range: <4.1.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-88g4-74f3-63x9mitrevendor-advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authenticated-path-traversal-in-pdf-export-via-concatenatepaths-functionmitrethird-party-advisory
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