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CVE-2016-5100

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5100 describes a critical vulnerability in Froxlor versions prior to 0.9.35, where the PHP rand function was used for generating password reset tokens. This weakness allows remote attackers to easily predict these tokens, leading to unauthorized password resets. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent weakness poses a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.34.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0192 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: froxlor/froxlorFixed in: 0.9.35
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-qj6h-m7xc-r2v3critical

Froxlor guessable password reset token

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / Froxlor/Froxlor/commit/da4ec3e1b591de96675817a009e26e05e848a6ba
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory