What is CVE-2026-111892?

CVE-2026-111892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-111892?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq

CVE-2026-111892

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.

Published 2026-10-17 · last modified 2026-10-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Thorsten Phpmyfaq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2r (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-missing-rat… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-111892?: CVE-2026-111892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-111892?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.