WordPress Core < 2.6.2 - Cryptographic Weakness

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVE CVE-2008-4107
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published September 8, 2008
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Stefan Esser
Description

The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.1
Patched Version
  • 2.6.2
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