BIT-joomla-2021-23128

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    BIT-joomla-2021-23128

    Published: 3 Apr 2025Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: [20210302] - Core - Potential Insecure FOFEncryptRandval

    Details: 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.

    References: https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/842-20210302-core-potential-insecure-fofencryptrandval.html, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23128

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: joomla

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/joomla

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.2.0
    Fixed -3.9.25

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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