Simple JWT Login <= 3.2.1 - Insecure Password Creation

Inadequate Encryption Strength
CVE CVE-2021-24998
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published October 13, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Zian Choy
Description

The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle PHP function that "does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes" according to PHP's documentation.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-jwt-login (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.3.0
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