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CVE-2024-7659: projectsend Password Reset Token functions.php generate_random_string random values

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in projectsend up to r1605. Affected is the function generate_random_string of the file includes/functions.php of the component Password Reset Token Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficiently random values. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version r1720 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is aa27eb97edc2ff2b203f97e6675d7b5ba0a22a17. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Affected products

• ProjectSend: before r1720 — fixed in r1720

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ProjectSend r1720. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/commit/aa27eb97edc2ff2b203f97e6675d7b5ba0a22a17
• https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/releases/tag/r1720
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.274116
• https://vuldb.com/?id.274116
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.385004

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