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    CVE-2021-23128

    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.

    Published:Mar 4, 2021
    Last Modified:Feb 25, 2026
    EPS:Mar 4, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00009
    CVSS Score:9.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Joomla
    Product
    Joomla\!

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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