Insecure Defaults Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions >=2.5.0, <2.5.9>=2.6.0, <2.6.6>=2.7.0, <2.7.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.41% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-5843519
  • published16 Aug 2023
  • disclosed13 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2014-7845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-453  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 2.5.9, 2.6.6, 2.7.3 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults. The generate_password function does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1