CVE-2016-15005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CSRF tokens are generated using math/rand, which is not a cryptographically secure random number generator, allowing an attacker to predict values and bypass CSRF protections with relatively few requests.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Golf Project	Golf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:golf_project:golf:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7716	CSRF tokens are generated using math/rand, which is not a cryptographically secure random number generator, allowing an attacker to predict values and bypass CSRF protections with relatively few requests.
Github GHSA	GHSA-q9qr-jwpw-3qvv	Golf may allow attacker to bypass CSRF protections due to weak PRNG

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/dinever/golf/commit/3776f338be48b5bc5e8cf9faff7851fc52a3f1fe
https://github.com/dinever/golf/issues/20
https://github.com/dinever/golf/pull/24
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0045

History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2022-12-27T21:13:27.393Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T16:39:25.100Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T18:33:03.456Z

Link: CVE-2016-15005

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.824Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:11.003

Modified: 2025-04-11T17:15:33.507

Link: CVE-2016-15005

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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