Description
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the unauthenticated faqs and search API endpoints. Attackers can send concurrent GET requests that load and process all database records into PHP memory, exhausting CPU and memory to crash the server.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| thorsten | phpMyFAQ | 4.2.0-alpha – < 4.2.0-beta | 4.2.0-beta |
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-m42f-6p37-2c79) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Unauthenticated DoS via API Pagination third-party-advisory