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CVE-2026-111901: thorsten phpmyfaq Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 8.7v4.0HighDeferred
Published 17-10-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-111901 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in thorsten phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

18-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Thorsten1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links