In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed.

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

• Moodle 2.x and 3.x Vendor— Affected Moodle 2.x and 3.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
• moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.7 to before 2.7.16 Fixed in 2.7.16 Patch available GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
• moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.9 to before 2.9.8 Fixed in 2.9.8 Patch available GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
• moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.0 to before 3.0.6 Fixed in 3.0.6 Patch available GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
• moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.1 to before 3.1.2 Fixed in 3.1.2 Patch available GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm

• Fix · GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 2.7.16 Advisory →
• Fix · GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 2.9.8 Advisory →
• Fix · GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.0.6 Advisory →
• Fix · GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.1.2 Advisory →

1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7038
2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm

• TI-2024-22468 moodle: unsafe direct use of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] in admin/tool/mfa/index.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
• TI-2021-14741 In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
• TI-2024-29071 Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
• TI-2016-06653 Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
• TI-2022-00259 SQL injection in moodle CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
• TI-2022-16116 Path traversal in Moodle CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

• CVE-2016-7038 · CVE Program
• CVE-2016-7038 · NVD
• FIRST EPSS
• GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0

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