CVE-2026-48488 — phpmyfaq
Fix: thorsten/phpMyFAQ@1aa9be6CVE-2026-48488 is a CWE-328 vulnerability in thorsten/phpmyfaq. A fix is available for thorsten/phpmyfaq — see the affected versions and patch details below.
phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-48488.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
thorsten/phpmyfaq🐘phpmyfaq/phpmyfaqReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
Attachment passwords are hashed using SHA-1, a cryptographically broken algorithm. SHA-1 has been vulnerable to collision attacks since 2017 (SHAttered).
Details
Affected File : phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Attachment/AbstractAttachment.php
Impact
- An attacker can generate SHA-1 collisions to bypass attachment protection
- Risk of password cracking if database is compromised
- Estimated cracking time: < 1 minute for standard attachment
Solution
Use bcrypt:
public function setPassword(string $password): void
{
$this->passwordHash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
}
public function verifyPassword(string $plainPassword): bool
{
return password_verify($plainPassword, $this->passwordHash);
}
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | thorsten/phpmyfaq | all versions | 4.1.4composer require thorsten/phpmyfaq:^4.1.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq | all versions | 4.1.4composer require phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq:^4.1.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for thorsten/phpmyfaq, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update thorsten/phpmyfaq to 4.1.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-48488 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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