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High · 7.3 CVE-2016-7038 EUVD-2022-2024GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm

Moodle Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Published Jan 20, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Moodle 2.x and 3.x Moodle 2.x and 3.x —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 2.7, < 2.7.16 2.7.16 GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 2.9, < 2.9.8 2.9.8 GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.0, < 3.0.6 3.0.6 GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.1, < 3.1.2 3.1.2 GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm

References