VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-5214

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows prediction of a uniqid value based on knowledge of a time value. This makes it easier to read arbitrary uploaded files.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-335: Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Primary references