Low 2.7Published Jun 8, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 2.7 LOW (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-328
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 9, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

thorsten phpMyFAQ thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name)	before 4.1.4	CNA record

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcjx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718x-refsource-misc

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