CSRF in Thorsten Phpmyfaq
CVE-2026-111906
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the Elasticsearch and OpenSearch administration API endpoints, which do not validate a CSRF token for the create, drop, and import actions. Attackers can lure a user with CONFIGURATION_EDIT permission to a malicious page that triggers these actions, deleting search indexes, forcing re-indexing, or exhausting resources.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
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
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-cmvh-fpmf-8gfx (vendor-advisory)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0… (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-111906?
- CVE-2026-111906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2026-111906?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.