FKIE_CVE-2008-4102
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-18 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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