The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to…

Description

The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• 31737 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 4271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 31115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 48700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 31870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1020869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7902 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• php-rand-mtrand-weak-security(45956) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-4107](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-4107.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-4107)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:00 UTC.