CVE-2015-5267

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 relies on the PHP mt_rand function to implement the random_string and complex_random_string functions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200 CWE-254

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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