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CVE-2016-7038

20
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.16
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.9.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.0.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vmhigh

Moodle Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

May 13, 2022

References

moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93174
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry