PT-2026-116463 · Thorsten · Phpmyfaq

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CVE-2026-111892

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Published

2026-10-17

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Updated

2026-10-17

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta lacks effective rate limiting on the unauthenticated user/password/update and user/password/reset endpoints. Unauthenticated attackers can send unlimited reset requests to flood a registered user's inbox with reset emails, exhausting mailer and server resources.

Fix

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-307

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-111892

Affected Products

Phpmyfaq