PT-2017-9076 · Moodle · Moodle

Juan Leyva · Published 2017-01-20 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2016-7038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.x through 3.x

Description The issue concerns the failure to invalidate web service tokens when a user's password is changed or forced to be changed.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.x through 3.x, consider manually revoking and reissuing web service tokens after a password change to prevent unauthorized access until a proper fix is implemented. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-640

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7038

GHSA-2PHX-W35G-X9VM

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038 · Security Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93174 · Note