Session Fixation in Moodle - CVE-2021-40691

 

Session Fixation in Moodle - CVE-2021-40691

Published: September 21, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56753
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40691
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack the target user's session.

The weakness exists due to a session hijack risk in the Shibboleth authentication plugin. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

Moodle

How to mitigate CVE-2021-40691

Install updates from vendor's website.

Moodle - addressed in versions 3.9.10, 3.10.7, 3.11.3

External References

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