CVE-2009-4300
Multiple unspecified authentication plugins in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 store the MD5 hashes for passwords in the user table, even when the cached hashes are not used by the plugin, which might make it easier for attackers to obtain…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple unspecified authentication plugins in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 store the MD5 hashes for passwords in the user table, even when the cached hashes are not used by the plugin, which might make it easier for attackers to obtain credentials via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.22% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- moodle/moodle
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notesPatch
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notesPatch
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37614Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notesPatch
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notesPatch
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37614Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.