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Vulnerability details: VCID-bp5u-ujbs-qqhg
Vulnerability ID VCID-bp5u-ujbs-qqhg
Aliases CVE-2016-7038
GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
Summary Moodle Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, web service tokens are not invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7038
epss 0.00243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7038
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631
generic_textual HIGH https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038
cvssv3.1 7.3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93174
generic_textual HIGH http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93174
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7038
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93174
GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=339631
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7038
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93174
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.47497
EPSS Score 0.00243
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:14.443285+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm/GHSA-2phx-w35g-x9vm.json 36.1.3