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FKIE_CVE-2026-48488

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-08 16:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 07:10

Severity

2.7 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Summary

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.4, attachment passwords are hashed using SHA-1, a cryptographically broken algorithm. SHA-1 has been vulnerable to collision attacks since 2017 (SHAttered). Version 4.1.4 fixes the issue.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcj

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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          "product": "phpMyFAQ",
          "vendor": "thorsten",
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              "version": "\u003c 4.1.4"
            }
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      "value": "phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Prior to version 4.1.4, attachment passwords are hashed using SHA-1, a cryptographically broken algorithm. SHA-1 has been vulnerable to collision attacks since 2017 (SHAttered). Version 4.1.4 fixes the issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "phpMyFAQ es una aplicaci\u00f3n web de preguntas frecuentes (FAQ) de c\u00f3digo abierto. Antes de la versi\u00f3n 4.1.4, las contrase\u00f1as de los archivos adjuntos se hashean usando SHA-1, un algoritmo criptogr\u00e1ficamente roto. SHA-1 ha sido vulnerable a ataques de colisi\u00f3n desde 2017 (SHAttered). La versi\u00f3n 4.1.4 soluciona el problema."
    }
  ],
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-23T07:10:00.113",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    },
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    }
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}

CVE-2026-48488 (GCVE-0-2026-48488)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-08 15:15 – Updated: 2026-06-09 14:36

Title

phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing

Summary

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-09 14:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-328 - Use of Weak Hash

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7637 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9b…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	Affected: < 4.1.4

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