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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-255 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-255 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-13065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-13040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-13080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 37244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-4304](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-4304.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-4304)

Record last updated 17 Sept 2024, 01:16 UTC.