CVE-2009-4304

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

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

Moodle: 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.7 (+9)

References

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111
http://secunia.com/advisories/37614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455
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
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111

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