01 Record
CVE-2009-4300
Multiple unspecified authentication plugins in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 store the MD5 hashes for passwords in the user table, even when the cached hashes are not used by the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple unspecified authentication plugins in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 store the MD5 hashes for passwords in the user table, even when the cached hashes are not used by the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-16 01:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- da73c19e7ca6ea4ca1c9a56af9e4d9ca1a5f1783c7d255ec4f0db22b210d8e59
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.moodle.orghttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes
- docs.moodle.orghttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes
- moodle.orghttp://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3455http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455
- secunia.com37614http://secunia.com/advisories/37614
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13065https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13040https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13080https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
- www.securityfocus.com37244http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244