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Vulnerability details: VCID-rdfn-52p2-afa7
Vulnerability ID VCID-rdfn-52p2-afa7
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 None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
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
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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://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152
https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
CVE-2014-7845 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7845
GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v64-447r-wch6
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:42:47.191958+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2014-7845.yml 38.6.0