CVE-2021-23128
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CVE-2021-23128 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.1/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. The core shipped but unused randval implementation within FOF (FOFEncryptRandval) used an potential insecure implemetation. EPSS estimates a 1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. The core shipped but unused randval implementation within FOF (FOFEncryptRandval) used an potential insecure implemetation. That has now been replaced with a call to 'random_bytes()' and its backport that is shipped within random_compat.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Joomla | Joomla\! | >= 3.2.0, < 3.9.25 |
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