Moodle 1.8.x and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 does not enable the Regenerate session id during login setting by default, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.1 (including) | 1.8.1 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.2 (including) | 1.8.2 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.3 (including) | 1.8.3 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.4 (including) | 1.8.4 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.5 (including) | 1.8.5 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.6 (including) | 1.8.6 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.7 (including) | 1.8.7 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.8 (including) | 1.8.8 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.9 (including) | 1.8.9 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.10 (including) | 1.8.10 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.8.11 (including) | 1.8.11 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.1 (including) | 1.9.1 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.2 (including) | 1.9.2 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.3 (including) | 1.9.3 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.4 (including) | 1.9.4 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.5 (including) | 1.9.5 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.6 (including) | 1.9.6 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 1.9.7 (including) | 1.9.7 (including) |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://moodle.org/security/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://moodle.org/security/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107