CVE-2021-24998 (GCVE-0-2021-24998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-27 10:33
Modified
2024-08-03 19:49
Severity ?
Summary
The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle PHP function that "does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes" according to PHP's documentation.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Simple JWT Login Version: 0   < 3.3.0
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