High 7.5Published Oct 17, 2026

CVE-2026-111901phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Unauthenticated DoS via API Pagination

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:23 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the unauthenticated faqs and search API endpoints. Attackers can send concurrent GET requests that load and process all database records into PHP memory, exhausting CPU and memory to crash the server.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 17, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

thorsten phpMyFAQ thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name)	from 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta; 4.2.0-beta not affected	CNA record

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-m42f-6p37-2c79vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-unauthenticated-dos-via-api-paginationthird-party-advisory

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