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CVE-2009-4298: moodle

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-12-2009Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4298 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in moodle. EPSS estimates a 1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1986-1

Timeline

  1. 16-12-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The LAMS module (mod/lams) for Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 stores the (1) username, (2) firstname, and (3) lastname fields within the user table, which allows attackers to obtain user account information via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Moodle1 product
  • moodle1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.7 | 1.8.8 | 1.8.9 | 1.8.10 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4 | 1.9.5 | 1.9.6

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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