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CVE-2014-7845

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

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00712
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
moodle<= 2.4.11
moodleall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist moodle/moodle HIGH fixed in 2.7.3
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Nov 2014 · 11:59 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152Vendor Advisory
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