{"id":"CVE-2026-111892","title":"phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints","summary":"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 …","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-307"],"vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpMyFAQ","affected":["phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha < 4.2.0-beta"],"published":"2026-10-17","updated":"2026-10-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-17T18:46:15.921Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111892","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2r","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2r)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-missing-rate-limiting-on-password-reset-endpoints","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-17T19:08:56.923Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111892","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha < 4.2.0-beta`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}