Description

Mojolicious::Plugin::CaptchaPNG version 1.05 for Perl uses a weak random number source for generating the captcha. That version uses the built-in rand() function for generating the captcha text as well as image noise, which is insecure.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-06-16T11:01:08.871Z

Last Modified :

2025-06-16T13:31:45.621Z

Source :

CPANSec
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The following products are affected by CVE-2025-40916 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-40916.

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https://metacpan.org/pod/perlfunc#rand cve-icon cve-icon
https://metacpan.org/release/GRYPHON/Mojolicious-Plugin-CaptchaPNG-1.04/diff/GRYPHON/Mojolicious-Plugin-CaptchaPNG-1.05/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/CaptchaPNG.pm cve-icon cve-icon
https://metacpan.org/release/GRYPHON/Mojolicious-Plugin-CaptchaPNG-1.06/changes cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html cve-icon cve-icon
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