What is CVE-2016-7038?

CVE-2016-7038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7038?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2016-7038

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed.

EPSS: 0.002 (47.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2
N/a Moodle 2.x And 3.x — versions Moodle 2.x and 3.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7038?: CVE-2016-7038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7038?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.