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medium 5.0

CVE-2009-4303 json

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 stores (1) password hashes and (2) unspecified "secrets" in backup files, which might allow a…

published 2009-12-16 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4271

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 stores (1) password hashes and (2) unspecified "secrets" in backup files, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-4303 updated

Moodle: Multiple security fixes in 1.9.7 and 1.8.11 upstream releases

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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