What is CVE-2026-116182?

CVE-2026-116182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-116182?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

SSRF in Thorsten Phpmyfaq

CVE-2026-116182

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the PDF export feature that fetches external images referenced in FAQ answers. Attackers who can influence FAQ content can embed image URLs pointing to loopback or internal services, causing the server to request them and embed responses in generated PDFs.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2026-10-25 · last modified 2026-10-25.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

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-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-8wmv-9c4g-p5mg (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.10-ssrf-via-pdf-export-image-f… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-116182?: CVE-2026-116182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-116182?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.