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Vulnerability details: VCID-aptm-2ap3-f3g1
Vulnerability ID VCID-aptm-2ap3-f3g1
Aliases CVE-2014-7845
GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6
Summary Moodle Temporary Passwords are Brute Force-able The generate_password function in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1391 Use of Weak Credentials
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual HIGH http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050
generic_textual HIGH http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
epss 0.00712 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7845
epss 0.00712 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7845
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/04f2e83ce76cf931e6614497c1a7cc6c8afb9454
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/3128901f99d41d9368e81ffc67f4bc0535221e02
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/40a04658232d898223462f84d8cd35510338acbe
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ece03f3b13c5eefa7bb008401b9414eed620eebc
generic_textual HIGH https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7845
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7845
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/04f2e83ce76cf931e6614497c1a7cc6c8afb9454
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/3128901f99d41d9368e81ffc67f4bc0535221e02
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/40a04658232d898223462f84d8cd35510338acbe
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ece03f3b13c5eefa7bb008401b9414eed620eebc
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7845
https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.71313
EPSS Score 0.00712
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:29:54.997562+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6/GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6.json 36.1.3