Insecure Initialization Vector Generation in Magento 2's Crypt.php

CVE-2016-6485 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

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