{"id":"CVE-2009-4300","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-4300","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:37:58.579Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-12-16T01:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:13:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.02216,"percentile":0.82521,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37614","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37614","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4300","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}