CVE-2024-52322 – Xero WebService Perl Cryptographic Entropy Weakness

CVE ID : CVE-2024-52322

Published : April 5, 2025, 5:15 p.m. | 13 hours, 8 minutes ago

Description : WebService::Xero 0.11 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.

Specifically WebService::Xero uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is “Useful mostly for test programs”. Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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Published : April 5, 2025, 5:15 p.m. | 13 hours, 8 minutes ago

Description : WebService::Xero 0.11 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.

Specifically WebService::Xero uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is “Useful mostly for test programs”. Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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