CVE-2026-111901

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability36. percentile0.4%

ProductphpMyFAQ

PublishedOct 17, 2026

First seenOct 17, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption

How to fix

Update

thorsten phpMyFAQ4.2.0-beta or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-m42f-6p37-2c79

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
thorsten phpMyFAQ	4.2.0-alpha ≤ v < 4.2.0-beta	4.2.0-beta

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