FKIE_CVE-2009-4304
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-16 01:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.7 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.8 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.9 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.8.10 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 1.9.6 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:13:24.230",
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