CVE-2016-7038: Moodle Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

high Affects moodle/moodle. Feed 2026.10.28.3, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-13; advisory modified 2024-04-24.

Moodle Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Package: moodle/moodle Composer
Affected versions: >=2.7 and <2.7.16 or >=2.9 and <2.9.8 or >=3.0 and <3.0.6 or >=3.1 and <3.1.2
Fixed in: 2.7.16, 2.9.8, 3.0.6, 3.1.2
Severity: high CVSS 7.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (61.8th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-13
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-640

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