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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420468

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2024-45691)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfv7-h2qg-rjm7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420468

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45691