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CVE-2008-4102

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Joomla Joomla

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References