{"id":"CVE-2014-7845","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-7845","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:51:00.821Z","title":"The generate_password function in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a…","description":"The generate_password function in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.","published":"2014-11-24T11:59:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:15:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-255"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.02409,"percentile":0.83976,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7845","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."}