CVE-2026-111892CWE-307

CVE-2026-111892

Medium · published October 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00260 · 16.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Published
2026-10-17T23:16Z
References (3)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2r · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-missing-rate-limiting-on-password-reset-endpoints · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2r · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 17 OCT 18:46Z
    phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints
    cvelistv5
  • 17 OCT 18:46Z
    phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints
    cvelistv5