CVE-2009-4302 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can sniff cleartext login credentials if Moodle serves HTTPS pages with HTTP links, requiring user login interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-4302?
CVE-2009-4302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 16 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
login/index_form.html in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 links to an index page on the HTTP port even when the page is served from an HTTPS port, which might cause login credentials to be sent in cleartext, even when SSL is intended, and allows remote attackers to obtain these credentials by sniffing.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4302?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4302?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-4302 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4302 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle
- CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id
- CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w97-x9wf-g8mv.