phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing

published 2026-06-08 5 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcj , EUVD-2026-35091

cvss: 2.7; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq 4.1.4
packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq 4.1.4

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ@1aa9be6 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-06-09)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	2.7	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
CNA	4.0	2.7	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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	thorsten/phpmyfaq	<4.1.4	4.1.4
packagist	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	<4.1.4	4.1.4

Affected products

thorsten phpMyFAQ

Classification

Weakness

CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary