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Joomla!: [20210301] - Core - Insecure randomness within 2FA secret generation (CVE-2021-23126)

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Joomla!: [20210301] - Core - Insecure randomness within 2FA secret generation (CVE-2021-23126)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/03/2021
Created
03/04/2021
Added
03/03/2021
Modified
03/08/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. Usage of an insufficient length for the 2FA secret accoring to RFC 4226 of 10 bytes vs 20 bytes.

Solution(s)

  • joomla-upgrade-3_9_25

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