CVE-2017-5214 in B2J Contact Extension

Summary

The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows prediction of a uniqid value based on knowledge of a time value. This makes it easier to read arbitrary uploaded files.

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• Reservation: 01/09/2017
• Disclosure: 05/17/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-101441 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-254 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.4
• EPSS: 0.00300
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5214
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5214
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5214/