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CVE-2008-4125

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.

Affected products

• phpBB: 2

References

• http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415
• http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415

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