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Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

  • Disclosed: 01.09.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

✍️ Description

The function mt_rand is used to generate session tokens, this function is cryptographically flawed due to its nature being one pseudorandomness, an attacker can take advantage of the cryptographically insecure nature of this function to enumerate session tokens for accounts that are not under his/her control

🕵️‍♂️ Proof of Concept

Numerous examples and attack implementations can be found in this paper . If you're looking for a practical tool that can crack your mt_rand implementation's seed value, see this project and run the following commands in a console with php5 and OpenWall's tool installed:

root$ php -r 'mt_srand(13333337); echo mt_rand( ), "\n";' After that, copy the output (1863134308) and execute the following commands:

root$ gcc php_mt_seed.c -o php_mt_seedroot$ ./php_mt_seed 1863134308 After waiting ~1 minute you should have a few possible seeds corresponding to their PHP versions, next to your installed PHP version you should see something akin to:

seed = 0x00cb7359 = 13333337 (PHP 7.1.0+) Hey, that's your seed!

💥 Impact

An attacker could takeover accounts at random by enumerating and using access tokens.

📝 References

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package mautic/core < 3.3.4, >= 4.0.0-alpha1, < 4.0.0 3.3.4, 4.0.0

References

CVSS score 3.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-327
Platform
Composer
Package
mautic/core
Disclosed
01.09.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-x7g2-wrrp-r6h3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mautic/core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (57) in the archive
Total entries
57
First → latest
01.2021 07.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 9
  • High 17
  • Medium 29
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Mautic has Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Projects Component
    High · 7.6 CVE-2026-9809 >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2 7.1.2
  2. Mautic has an Authorization Bypass in API v2 Endpoints
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-9808 >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2 7.1.2
  3. Mautic vulnerable to Path Traversal via Campaign Import
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-9559 >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2 7.1.2
  4. Mautic has Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Theme Templates
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-9558 >= 1.3.0, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.11, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.9, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2 5.2.11, 6.0.9, 7.1.2
  5. Mautic has SQL Injection in API Contact Filtering
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-4776 >= 2.6.0, <= 4.4.13, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.11, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.9, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2 5.2.11, 6.0.9, 7.1.2
  6. Mautic is Vulnerable to SQL Injection through Contact Activity API Sorting
    High · 7.6 CVE-2026-3105 >= 2.10.0, < 5.2.10, >= 6.0.0-alpha, < 6.0.8, >= 7.0.0-alpha, < 7.0.1 5.2.10, 6.0.8, 7.0.1
  7. Mautic user without privileged access to the Marketplace can install and uninstall composer packages
    Critical CVE-2025-13828 >= 4.0.0, < 4.4.18, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.9, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.7 4.4.18, 5.2.9, 6.0.7
  8. Mautic allows Improper Authorization in Reporting API
    High · 7.7 CVE-2024-47053 >= 1.0.1, < 5.2.3 5.2.3
  9. Mautic allows Remote Code Execution and File Deletion in Asset Uploads
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-47051 < 5.2.3 5.2.3
  10. Mautic vulnerable to Improper Access Control in UI upgrade process
    High · 7.0 CVE-2022-25768 >= 1.1.3, < 4.4.13, >= 5.0.0-alpha, < 5.1.1 4.4.13, 5.1.1
  11. Mautic is vulnerable to XSS vulnerability
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2020-35125 < 2.16.5, >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.4 2.16.5, 3.2.4
  12. Mautic Sensitive Data Exposure due to inadequate user permission settings
    High · 8.3 CVE-2022-25776 >= 1.0.2, < 4.4.12, >= 5.0.0-alpha, < 5.0.4 4.4.12, 5.0.4
  13. Mautic vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Deletion due to GrapesJS builder
    High · 8.1 CVE-2021-27916 >= 3.3.0, < 4.4.12, >= 5.0.0-alpha, < 5.0.4 4.4.12, 5.0.4
  14. Mautic vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting in description field
    High · 7.6 CVE-2021-27915 >= 1.0.0-beta2, < 4.4.12 4.4.12
  15. Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mautic's tracking pixel functionality
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2022-25772 < 4.3.0 4.3.0
  16. Mautic stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2020-35129 < 3.2.4 3.2.4
  17. Mautic stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2020-35128 >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.4, >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.5 3.2.4, 2.16.5
  18. Sensitive Cookie Without HttpOnly and Secure Flag
    High · 7.5 CVE-2017-1000046 < 2.1.1 2.1.1
  19. Mautic Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    High · 8.8 CVE-2017-8874 = 1.4.1 no fix
  20. Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm this entry
    Low · 3.5 CVE-2021-27913 < 3.3.4, >= 4.0.0-alpha1, < 4.0.0 3.3.4, 4.0.0
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