HIGH
Moodle: Multiple security fixes in 1.9.7 and 1.8.11 upstream releases
Published Dec 16, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.83%
Description
Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not use a random password salt in config.php, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.7
- 1.8.8
- 1.8.9
- 1.8.10
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.83% 0.01832
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01832
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 78.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 76.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01245) | 77.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.32% (0.02320) | 74.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 76.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.05% (0.01052) | 84.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00685) | 80.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00586) | 78.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00506) | 76.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 76.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00440) | 74.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.96% (0.00958) | 80.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37614 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4304 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544766 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4304
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4304
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 16, 2009
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Dec 11, 2009
Link CVE-2009-4304
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a