High severity · published Jan 20, 2017
CVE-2016-7038
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed
7.3
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
through 2.7.15; 2.8.0; 2.8.1; 2.8.2; 2.8.3; 2.8.4; +24 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7038
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93174
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631
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