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Moodle creates a MoodleMobile web-service token with an infinite lifetime

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 24, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 2.4.10
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.6
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3

Patched versions

2.4.10
2.5.6
2.6.3

Description

login/token.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, and 2.6.x before 2.6.3 creates a MoodleMobile web-service token with an infinite lifetime, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions via a brute-force attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 24, 2024
Last updated Jan 24, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.718%
(81st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0214

GHSA ID

GHSA-48rq-vj58-2mh6

Source code

Credits

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