01 Record
CVE-2008-4102
Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-18 17:47Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e855dbb555a2d87ea156c4c00b08f63ca509108e8fa1b26bcb71de1f2ccdfe64
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: joomla < 1.5.7http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2
- securityreason.com4271http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271
- www.securityfocus.com20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com31789http://secunia.com/advisories/31789
- www.suspekt.orghttp://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjoomla-randomnumbers-info-disclosure(45068)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068
- marc.info[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: joomla < 1.5.7http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2
- marc.info[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request for Joomla multiple vuln.http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2
- developer.joomla.orghttp://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt