# CVE-2012-2357: The Multi-Authentication feature in the Central Authentication Service (CAS) functionality in auth/cas/cas\_form.html in Moodle 2.1.x before

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-07-21 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Multi-Authentication feature in the Central Authentication Service (CAS) functionality in auth/cas/cas_form.html in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 does not use HTTPS, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials by sniffing the network.

## What to do

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## References

- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=895e76ea51c462c18ad66e0761ad76cd26a63ecf
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2

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