[20210302] - Core - Potential Insecure FOFEncryptRandval
CVE-2021-23128

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Joomla
Status
Joomla! Cms
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 March 2021

What is CVE-2021-23128?

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. The core shipped but unused randval implementation within FOF (FOFEncryptRandval) used an potential insecure implemetation. That has now been replaced with a call to 'random_bytes()' and its backport that is shipped within random_compat.

Affected Version(s)

Joomla! CMS 3.2.0-3.9.24

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/842-20210302...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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