CVE-2024-57868 describes a cryptographic weakness in Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl, specifically affecting "lev web" products. The vulnerability stems from its reliance on the non-cryptographically secure rand() function for generating entropy, inherited from the Data::Random library. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts if an attacker can induce a user to interact with a malicious link. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lev:web\:\:api:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 2.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:lev:web\:\:api:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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