CVE-2008-4102

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Sep 18, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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