CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4125
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.
Affected configurations
• phpbb phpbb 2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ www.suspekt.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ www.suspekt.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com