CVE-2014-3552 Auth bypass in n/a
Authenticated users can hijack sessions in Moodle's Shibboleth plugin due to missing empty session ID checks, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-3552?
CVE-2014-3552 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 29 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Shibboleth authentication plugin in auth/shibboleth/index.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, and 2.5.x before 2.5.7 does not check whether a session ID is empty, which allows remote authenticated users to hijack sessions via crafted plugin interaction.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3552?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3552?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2014-3552 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3552 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-59w4-qq7r-6mf4.