CVE-2016-3735

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-3735?

Upgrade piwigo to 2.8.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-3735 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-3735 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-3735?

CVE-2016-3735 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-3735 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for piwigo (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-335

How to fix

Remediation Available

piwigoNVD

Affected:< 2.8.1Fixed in:2.8.1CVE-2016-3735derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-335 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-14647	High	7.5	11%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12520	High	8.1	11%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-10180	High	7.5	4.4%	-	-
CVE-2021-27211	High	7.5	3.3%	-	-
CVE-2021-41117	High	8.7	3.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-11519	Critical	9.8	3.1%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-3735?

Upgrade piwigo to 2.8.1 or later.

Is CVE-2016-3735 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-3735 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-3735?

CVE-2016-3735 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-3735 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for piwigo (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.