CVE-2009-4300
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
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 plugin, which might make it easier for attackers to obtain credentials via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4268)
- Published
- December 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4268 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
References
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes(Patch)
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes(Patch)
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain