CVE-2011-4587
lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle certain zero values in the password policy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging the possible existence of user accounts that have unchangeable blank passwords.
- EPSS
- 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-255
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- moodle:moodle
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=191755
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761248
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19