Moodle Temporary Passwords are Brute Force-able
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 24, 2024
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.2
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.5
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.8
Patched versions
2.7.3
2.6.6
2.5.9
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 24, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Aug 15, 2023
Last updated
Jan 24, 2024
Credits
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MarkLee131 Analyst
The generate_password function in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
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