CVE-2011-4587
lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle certain zero values in the password policy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging the possible…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle certain zero values in the password policy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging the possible existence of user accounts that have unchangeable blank passwords.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- moodle/moodle
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=191755Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761248
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=191755Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761248
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.