VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-45691
When restricting access to a lesson activity with a password, certain passwords could be bypassed or less secure due to a loose comparison in the password-checking logic.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in Moodle. When restricting access to a lesson activity with a password, certain passwords could be bypassed or less secure due to a loose comparison in the password-checking logic. This issue only affected passwords set to "magic hash" values.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- moodle/moodle
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309940Issue Tracking
- https://moodle.org/security/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.