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CVE-2016-3735

HighCVSS 8.1 / 10
Published Jan 28, 2022·Last modified Mar 14, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Piwigo is image gallery software written in PHP. When a criteria is not met on a host, piwigo defaults to usingmt_rand in order to generate password reset tokens. mt_rand output can be predicted after recovering the seed used to generate it. This low an unauthenticated attacker to take over an account providing they know an administrators email address in order to be able to request password reset.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.4

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
1.36%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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