MSA-21-0032: Session Hijack risk when Shibboleth authentication is enabled

by Michael Hawkins.  

A session hijack risk was identified in the Shibboleth authentication plugin. (Note: Shibboleth authentication is disabled by default in Moodle.)


Severity/Risk:Serious
Versions affected:3.11 to 3.11.2, 3.10 to 3.10.6, 3.9 to 3.9.9 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed:3.11.3, 3.10.7 and 3.9.10
Reported by:Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz
CVE identifier:CVE-2021-40691
Changes (master):http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-71976
Tracker issue:MDL-71976 Session Hijack risk when Shibboleth authentication is enabled

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