[20210302] - Core - Potential Insecure FOFEncryptRandval

CVE-2021-23128
9.1CRITICAL

Key Information

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

Summary

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

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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