Security advisory

{
  "id": "3e491e0da5ca1c5e0c9de7ac76e71ab82c81b5d03743fc03678c4f8b7f53f735",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11187",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-11187",
    "summary": "phpMyFAQ before 2.9.8 does not properly mitigate brute-force attacks that try many passwords in attempted logins quickly.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11187",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-11187",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-11187"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ab8cf6eb50caa772078afd20341811a21a3ac24f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.9.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.9.7",
            "2.9.6",
            "2.9.5",
            "2.9.4",
            "2.9.3",
            "2.9.2",
            "2.9.1",
            "2.9.0",
            "2.9.0-RC4",
            "2.9.0-RC3",
            "2.9.0-RC2",
            "2.9.0-RC",
            "2.9.0-beta2",
            "2.9.0-beta",
            "2.9.0-alpha4",
            "2.9.0-alpha3",
            "2.9.0-alpha2",
            "2.9.0-alpha",
            "2.8.2",
            "2.8.1",
            "2.8.0",
            "2.8.0-RC4",
            "2.8.0-RC3",
            "2.8.0-RC2",
            "2.8.0-RC",
            "2.8.0-beta3",
            "2.8.0-beta2",
            "2.8.0-beta",
            "2.8.0-alpha3",
            "2.8.0-alpha2",
            "2.7.0-RC",
            "2.7.0-beta3",
            "2.7.0-beta2",
            "2.7.0-beta",
            "2.7.0-alpha2",
            "2.7.0-alpha",
            "2.6.7",
            "2.6.6",
            "2.6.5",
            "2.6.4",
            "2.6.3",
            "2.6.2",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.6.0-RC",
            "2.6.0-beta",
            "2.6.0-alpha"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-11187.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.454002372Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-11187",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436766,
  "published_at": "2017-07-12T14:29:00.223+00:00"
}