CVE-2024-45691: Moodle Lesson activity password bypass through PHP loose comparison

medium Affects moodle/moodle. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-11-20; advisory modified 2025-06-03.

Moodle Lesson activity password bypass through PHP loose comparison

Package: moodle/moodle Composer
Affected versions: <4.1.13 or >=4.2.0-beta and <4.2.10 or >=4.3.0-beta and <4.3.7 or >=4.4.0-beta and <4.4.3
Fixed in: 4.1.13, 4.2.10, 4.3.7, 4.4.3
Severity: medium CVSS 5.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (35.6th percentile)
Published: 2024-11-20
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-285 CWE-289

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