What is CVE-2024-7659?

CVE-2024-7659 is a low-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-7659?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-7659 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Projectsend

CVE-2024-7659

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in projectsend up to r1605. Affected is the function generate_random_string of the file includes/functions.php of the component Password Reset Token Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficiently random values. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version r1720 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is aa27eb97edc2ff2b203f97e6675d7b5ba0a22a17. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Projectsend
Projectsend — versions r1605

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
github.com/projectsend/projectsend/commit/aa27eb97edc2ff2b203f97e6675d7b5ba0a22… (Patch, patch)
github.com/projectsend/projectsend/releases/tag/r1720 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7659?: CVE-2024-7659 is a low-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-7659?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7659 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.