CVE-2021-27913

lowpriority · track · 14OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.46% (40th) EPSS
CVSS 3.5 · low
Is it mine?
6 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The function mt_rand is used to generate session tokens, this function is cryptographically flawed due to its nature being one pseudorandomness, an attacker can take advantage of the cryptographically insecure nature of this function to enumerate session tokens for accounts that are not under his/her control This issue affects: Mautic Mautic versions prior to 3.3.4; versions prior to 4.0.0.

01

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 1.4
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security@mautic.orgexploitability 2.1 · impact 1.4
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.13.2lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
02

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

03

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

04

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-x7g2-wrrp-r6h3Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm2021-09-01ghsa · osvUS

    ## ✍️ Description The function mt_rand is used to generate session tokens, this function is cryptographically flawed due to its nature being one pseudorandomness, an attacker can take advantage of the cryptographically insecure nature of this function to enumerate session tokens for accounts that are not under his/her control ## 🕵️‍♂️ Proof of Concept Numerous examples and attack implementations can be found in this paper . If you're looking for a practical tool that can crack your mt_rand implementation's seed value, see this project and run the following commands in a console with php5 and OpenWall's tool installed: `root$ php -r 'mt_srand(13333337); echo mt_rand( ), "\n";'` After that, copy the output (1863134308) and execute the following commands: `root$ gcc php_mt_seed.c -o php_mt_seedroot$ ./php_mt_seed 1863134308` After waiting ~1 minute you should have a few possible seeds corresponding to their PHP versions, next to your installed PHP version you should see something akin to: seed = 0x00cb7359 = 13333337 (PHP 7.1.0+) Hey, that's your seed! ## 💥 Impact An attacker could takeover accounts at random by enumerating and using access tokens. ## 📝 References - https://openwall.com/php_mt_seedhttps://crypto.di.uoa.gr/CRYPTO.SEC/Randomness_Attacks_files/paper.pdf - https://github.com/mautic/mautic/blob/5213e320b4ef4d0c51bb84c1d46a1071e8e4f7fc/app/bundles/PointBundle/Controller/TriggerController.php#L187 - https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/3.3.4 - https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/4.0.0

05

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

06

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2021-08-30modified 2026-06-17
08

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.

Free scan