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

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

by Michael Hawkins -
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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