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 1.5

  • Change: 6eb65eeca3651571c0753b33eff7f3a5091754a9 Author: Tobias Kirschstein <lev@ideegeo.com> Date : 2013-10-31 00:27:27 +0000
    • only map option values if they are defined
  • Change: d6f6c4e523161e568e6d7481adc4892d497ec6a3 Author: Tobias Kirschstein <lev@ideegeo.com> Date : 2013-10-28 17:52:21 +0000
    • v1.4

Modules

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