Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| thorsten / phpMyFAQ | affected 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta; unaffected 4.2.0-beta |
CWE
CWE-400
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-m42f-6p37-2c79
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-unauthenticated-dos-via-api-pagination
ADP enrichment
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