CVE-2026-48488 PUBLISHED

phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 21.05.2026 Published: 08.06.2026 Updated: 08.06.2026

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.4, attachment passwords are hashed using SHA-1, a cryptographically broken algorithm. SHA-1 has been vulnerable to collision attacks since 2017 (SHAttered). Version 4.1.4 fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CVSS Score: 2.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	thorsten
Product	phpMyFAQ
Versions	Version < 4.1.4 is affected

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcj
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718

Problem Types

CWE-328: Use of Weak Hash CWE