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CVE-2016-3735

8.1 · HIGH

Piwigo is image gallery software written in PHP.

Published Jan 28, 2022CWE-335EPSS 1.36%

Overview

CVE-2016-3735 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 28, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Piwigo is image gallery software written in PHP. When a criteria is not met on a host, piwigo defaults to usingmt_rand in order to generate password reset tokens. mt_rand output can be predicted after recovering the seed used to generate it. This low an unauthenticated attacker to take over an account providing they know an administrators email address in order to be able to request password reset.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refpiwigo.org/release-2.8.1%2CGitHubgithub.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/f51ee90c66527fd7ff634f3e8d414cb670da068dGitHubgithub.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/470%2CRefpiwigo.org/release-2.8.1%2CGitHubgithub.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/f51ee90c66527fd7ff634f3e8d414cb670da068dGitHubgithub.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/470%2C

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3735?

CVE-2016-3735 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 28, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2016-3735?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2016-3735?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2016-3735?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2016-3735 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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