TI-2024-30681 Aliases CVE-2024-45691 GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7

Moodle: lesson activity password bypass through php loose comparison

LOW 25CWE-285Published 2024-11-20 · Updated 2024-11-20

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00414 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed moodle: 4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7 +1moodle/moodle (Packagist): 4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	moodle	before 4.1.13; 4.2 to before 4.2.10; 4.3 to before 4.3.7; 4.4 to before 4.4.3	4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7, 4.4.3	Patch available	CNA
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	before 4.1.13	4.1.13	Patch available	GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.2.0-beta to before 4.2.10	4.2.10	Patch available	GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.7	4.3.7	Patch available	GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.3	4.4.3	Patch available	GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7

moodle Vendor— Affected before 4.1.13; 4.2 to before 4.2.10; 4.3 to before 4.3.7; 4.4 to before 4.4.3 Fixed in 4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7, 4.4.3 Patch available CNA
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.13 Fixed in 4.1.13 Patch available GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0-beta to before 4.2.10 Fixed in 4.2.10 Patch available GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.7 Fixed in 4.3.7 Patch available GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.3 Fixed in 4.4.3 Patch available GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::	before 4.1.13; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.10; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.7; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.3	Vulnerable	Moodle

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.13; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.10; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.7; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.3 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

Fix · CNA moodle Fixed in 4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7, 4.4.3
Fix · GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.13 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.2.10 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.3.7 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45691
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

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

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Sources

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