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CVE-2024-45691 (GCVE-0-2024-45691)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-20 10:25 – Updated: 2024-11-20 19:17
VLAI
Title
Moodle: lesson activity password bypass through php loose comparison
Summary
A flaw was found in Moodle. When restricting access to a lesson activity with a password, certain passwords could be bypassed or less secure due to a loose comparison in the password-checking logic. This issue only affected passwords set to "magic hash" values.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-20 19:17 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 0 , < 4.1.13 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.10 (semver)
Affected: 4.3 , < 4.3.7 (semver)
Affected: 4.4 , < 4.4.3 (semver)
Date Public
2024-09-09 00:00
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