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.
History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq
Vendors & Products Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Unauthenticated DoS via API Pagination
First Time appeared Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-17T18:46:22.075Z

Updated: 2026-10-19T14:50:09.039Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:18:07.314Z

Link: CVE-2026-111901

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T14:49:58.264Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:31.953

Modified: 2026-10-19T15:16:55.810

Link: CVE-2026-111901

cve-icon Redhat

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