CVE-2012-0794
The rc4encrypt function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 uses a hardcoded password of nfgjeingjk, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The rc4encrypt function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 uses a hardcoded password of nfgjeingjk, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by reading this script's source code within the open-source software distribution.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th 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=98456628a24bba25d336860d38a45b5a4e3895da
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194013Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=98456628a24bba25d336860d38a45b5a4e3895da
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194013Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.