Improper Authentication in Moodle - CVE-2014-3552

 

Improper Authentication in Moodle - CVE-2014-3552

Published: July 29, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41449
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3552
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.

The Shibboleth authentication plugin in auth/shibboleth/index.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, and 2.5.x before 2.5.7 does not check whether a session ID is empty, which allows remote authenticated users to hijack sessions via crafted plugin interaction.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3552

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources