CVE-2024-45691

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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309940	Issue Tracking
https://moodle.org/security/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::

History

02 Jun 2025, 15:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
First Time		Moodle Moodle moodle
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309940 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309940 - Issue Tracking
References	~~() https://moodle.org/security/ -~~	() https://moodle.org/security/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2024-11-20 11:15

Updated : 2025-06-02 15:35

NVD link : CVE-2024-45691

Mitre link : CVE-2024-45691

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-45691

JSON object : View

Products Affected

moodle

moodle

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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