SCA: security update for phpservermon/phpservermon (GHSA-97w9-gcc7-vr8g)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421760

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in phpservermon. This affects the function
generatePasswordResetToken of the file src/psm/Service/User.php. The manipulation leads to use of
predictable algorithm in random number generator. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be
used. The name of the patch is 3daa804d5f56c55b3ae13bfac368bb84ec632193. It is recommended to apply a
patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-213717 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2021-4240)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97w9-gcc7-vr8g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421760

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4240