CVE-2016-6485 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Magento Community-edition

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Magento Community-editionMagento Project-community-edition
Timeline
PublishedMar 1
Latest updateNov 20

Description

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Packagistmagento/community-edition2.0 — 2.2.6
▶Packagistmagento/project-community-edition2.0 — 2.0.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Unauthenticated crypto and weak IV in Magento\Framework\Encryption↗2019-11-20
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OSV
Unauthenticated crypto and weak IV in Magento\Framework\Encryption↗2019-11-20
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6485: The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt↗2017-03-01
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CVE-2016-6485 — Magento Community-edition vulnerability | cvebase