CVE-2026-111892: phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha to before 4.2.0-beta

Affected technology

phpMyFAQ · 4.2.0-alpha to before 4.2.0-beta
thorsten

Description’s affected range: before 4.2.0-beta lacks effective rate limiting on the unauthenticated user/password/update and user/password/reset endpoints

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Unauthenticated attackers can send unlimited reset requests to flood a registered user's inbox with reset emails, exhausting mailer and server resources. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 6.9/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity and availability impact as low.