CVE-2026-48488
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcjphpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing2026-06-23ghsa · osvUS
### 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` <img width="810" height="427" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6499a008-3ece-4291-8296-f1d3303ba35c" /> ### 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); } ```
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references (7)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-48488cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48488cnnvd
- https://www.phpmyfaq.de/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcjenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718nvd
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcjnvd
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