cve/2008/CVE-2008-4102.md

### [CVE-2008-4102](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4102)
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### Description

Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271

#### Github
- https://github.com/GulAli-N/nbs-mentored-project