7.5

CVE-2009-4304: moodle Credentials Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 16-12-2009Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4304 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in moodle. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.83%
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-2115-1

Timeline

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

Description

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not use a random password salt in config.php, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.83%

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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