CVE-2016-7038 describes a vulnerability in Moodle 2.x and 3.x where web service tokens remain valid even after a user's password has been changed or reset. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.3) allows an attacker to maintain unauthorized access to a user's account via a previously issued token, bypassing the security measure of a password change. While the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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