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CVE-2026-48488: phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-08 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-328

Description

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.

Affected products

• thorsten phpMyFAQ: before 4.1.4

References

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

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