{"id":"CVE-2017-5214","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5214","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:23.839Z","title":"The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows prediction of a uniqid value based on knowledge of a time value.","description":"The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows prediction of a uniqid value based on knowledge of a time value. This makes it easier to read arbitrary uploaded files.","published":"2017-05-17T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:20:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-335"],"affected":["codextrous/b2j contact"],"epss":{"score":0.01197,"percentile":0.67947,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://navixia.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/CVE/cve-2017-521415.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://navixia.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/CVE/cve-2017-521415.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5214","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}