CVE-2009-4304
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4272)
- 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-2009-4272 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=139111(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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
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