CVE-2021-23127 (GCVE-0-2021-23127)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-04 17:37 – Updated: 2026-02-25 05:05
VLAI
Title
[20210301] - Core - Insecure randomness within 2FA secret generation
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. Usage of an insufficient length for the 2FA secret accoring to RFC 4226 of 10 bytes vs 20 bytes.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Insecure Randomness
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/841-… x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 3.2.0-3.9.24
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Date Public
2021-03-02 00:00
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