High severity · published Oct 17, 2026
CVE-2026-111901
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Unauthenticated DoS via API Pagination
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
phpMyFAQ · thorsten
4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111901
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111901
github.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-m42f-6p37-2c79
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-unauthenticated-dos-via-api-pagination
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