Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2024-57868 (2025-04-05)

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Changes for version 1.3

  • Change: 0864054631cdbb76cab1cb28de960cdff05b4ebb Author: Tobias Kirschstein <lev@ideegeo.com> Date : 2013-09-25 16:57:35 +0000
    • added support for per command headers

Modules

Web::API - A Simple base module to implement almost every RESTful API with just a few lines of configuration