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CVE-2012-5618

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-640

Description

Ushahidi before 2.6.1 has insufficient entropy for forgot-password tokens.

Affected products

• Ushahidi: before 2.6.1 — fixed in 2.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ushahidi 2.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/1
• https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/e8c7ecd42818c331db8945d20f8b1865bc6d157e
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/1
• https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/e8c7ecd42818c331db8945d20f8b1865bc6d157e

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