Security and privacy

How to keep your Moodle site secure and methods for increasing privacy.

Documentation: Security, Security FAQ and Increasing privacy in Moodle

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New security issues should be reported in the Moodle Tracker with an appropriate security level.

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Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies
Audit log of user activity Locked	Kate Dawson 15 Apr 2019	Randy Thornton 27 Apr 2019	6
Restricting site access Locked	Carl Byerley 22 Apr 2019	Ken Task 26 Apr 2019	3
Manual Login Locked	Syed Ali 24 Apr 2019	Ken Task 24 Apr 2019	5
How can I block cURLs to eliminate phony accounts? Locked	Deb Smith 18 Apr 2019	Ken Task 18 Apr 2019	1
Moodle reverse proxy and URL replace.php not working Locked	jitendra Phull 6 Apr 2019	Ken Task 17 Apr 2019	11
security problem with mod/scorm/datamodel.php Locked	Michał Boszke 17 Apr 2019	Dan Marsden 17 Apr 2019	1
LDAP Authantication Locked	Tumediso Sebonego 8 Apr 2019	Leon Stringer 15 Apr 2019	3
Password Issue with moodle 3.4.6 Locked	Tech Academy 13 Apr 2019	Tech Academy 13 Apr 2019	0
Secure MP4 videos Locked	Sa Ku 9 Apr 2019	Matt Bury 11 Apr 2019	5
Is Moodle OWASP compliant? Locked	Ivica Matotek 9 Apr 2019	Dan Marsden 11 Apr 2019	1
Is there a way to completely delete users including all their data? Locked	stefan weber 18 Sep 2018	stefan weber 5 Apr 2019	24
Confidentiality policy for forum / posts sent Locked	Francis Vendrell 4 Apr 2019	Francis Vendrell 4 Apr 2019	0
SSL installation Locked	Akhil Verma 4 Apr 2019	Jon Bolton 4 Apr 2019	1
Password Reset Process Locked	Pince AUS 1 Apr 2019	Pince AUS 1 Apr 2019	0
The Policy consent form for the teachers only? Locked	Antti Peltonen 27 Mar 2019	Emma Richardson 27 Mar 2019	1
Data export and GDPR comliance Locked	Flotter Totte 25 Mar 2019	Flotter Totte 26 Mar 2019	3
Activity completion and GDPR compliance Locked	Flotter Totte 25 Mar 2019	Flotter Totte 25 Mar 2019	2
Content lockdown Locked	Kenneth Hess 21 Mar 2019	Jon Bolton 24 Mar 2019	6
Anonymizing Data on Students Locked	Roger Domínguez Argemí 12 Mar 2019	Zoran Jancic 20 Mar 2019	5
Is thar any way to make Moodle site at least basicly GDPR compliant? Locked	Zoran Jancic 18 Mar 2019	Zoran Jancic 18 Mar 2019	0
Deleting old users Locked	Conn Warwicker 31 Jul 2018	Zoran Jancic 18 Mar 2019	2
Restricting Access by Cohort Locked	Elizabeth Ford 1 Mar 2019	Zoran Jancic 15 Mar 2019	1
Deleting user accounts for users that are not using the system anymore Locked	Zoran Jancic 15 Mar 2019	Zoran Jancic 15 Mar 2019	0
Any Idea on the Possibility of Hacking? Locked	Rafiq Muhammad 14 Mar 2019	Rafiq Muhammad 15 Mar 2019	2
defining admin/mamager role for specific course Locked	altan ahmet 8 Mar 2019	altan ahmet 9 Mar 2019	1
Testing Moodle security Locked	Luke P 8 Mar 2019	Tim Hunt 9 Mar 2019	1
Changes to Password Procedure Locked	Conor O'Neill 19 Feb 2019	Conor O'Neill 6 Mar 2019	3
adding additional admins & assigning specific roles Locked	altan ahmet 27 Feb 2019	altan ahmet 28 Feb 2019	3
Cohorts View hidden categories Locked	Matthew Landseadel 27 Feb 2019	Dave Perry 27 Feb 2019	1
Notifications regarding Data Privacy requests processing Locked	seaghan moriarty 27 Feb 2019	seaghan moriarty 27 Feb 2019	0
Removal of loginpasswordautocomplete Headaches Locked	Wolf Ventir 26 Feb 2019	Wolf Ventir 26 Feb 2019	0
Deleted users still show up in Forum thread overview Locked	stefan weber 22 Feb 2019	Alan Schrock 25 Feb 2019	5
Does Moodle log admin activity? Locked	Cathal O'Riordan 14 Feb 2019	Cathal O'Riordan 15 Feb 2019	2
Firewall Recommended Settings Locked	Ali Arekat 5 Feb 2019	Ali Arekat 6 Feb 2019	4
OSSEC blocks ajax call Locked	Venizia Venizia 2 Feb 2019	Venizia Venizia 2 Feb 2019	0
Moodle 3.6.1+ (20181210) issue with tool_policy Locked	Joost Elshoff 25 Jan 2019	Joost Elshoff 25 Jan 2019	2
dataprivacy tool blocking cron job from running Locked	stefan weber 24 Jan 2019	stefan weber 24 Jan 2019	0
Can't edit moodle's password policy Locked	Salome Tkhilaishvili 28 Dec 2018	Salome Tkhilaishvili 21 Jan 2019	2
Suppression of advice about php register_global at documentation Locked	Joan Cervan 18 Jan 2019	Joan Cervan 18 Jan 2019	0
User Policy and agrement Locked	Tone Engebretsen 6 Jan 2019	Ralf Hilgenstock 14 Jan 2019	1
Lots of invalid login token errors in the logs Locked	Diane Soini 9 Jan 2019	Diane Soini 12 Jan 2019	14
SSL connection to Moodle DB? Locked	Paul Martin 2 Oct 2018	Garrett Boone 11 Jan 2019	33
Plugin privacy registry error Locked	Henrik sune Pedersen 3 Jan 2019	Andrew Nicols 4 Jan 2019	2
How to Download my Personal Data or other's Data Locked	Alan Schrock 29 Nov 2018	Alan Schrock 4 Jan 2019	16
Host with LiquidWeb - mod_security rules Locked	Ken Task 25 Dec 2018	Ken Task 29 Dec 2018	2
ClamAV and Cwatch Locked	Wynand Louw 28 Dec 2018	Wynand Louw 29 Dec 2018	4
ClamAV server Locked	callum Wood 12 Dec 2018	Matteo Scaramuccia 21 Dec 2018	2
Restrict teacher's ability to backup courses including userdata? Locked	stefan weber 17 Dec 2018	stefan weber 18 Dec 2018	2
GuardianKey - A new plugin of Security Locked	Gesiel Bernardes 17 Dec 2018	Gesiel Bernardes 17 Dec 2018	0
IP blocker error when access via html script Locked	Karishma Tiwari 17 Dec 2018	Karishma Tiwari 17 Dec 2018	0
How do I finetune Website Copier HTTrack or Cyotek WebCopy? Locked	Rolf Cper 12 Dec 2018	Rolf Cper 12 Dec 2018	0
disable video right click Locked	rasha fawzy 8 Dec 2018	Rick Jerz 9 Dec 2018	1
Cell-like groups possible? Locked	Sam Stevens 5 Dec 2018	Sam Stevens 5 Dec 2018	0
Quiz Answers "Keywords" Not Working Locked	deepak rs 4 Dec 2018	deepak rs 5 Dec 2018	3
User's Choice of Course Locked	deepak rs 4 Dec 2018	deepak rs 4 Dec 2018	0
adding a wildcard security ssl for a plugin Locked	Aretha Etienne 1 Dec 2018	Aretha Etienne 1 Dec 2018	0
Unable to Log In as admin - Moodle 3.5 Locked	Dave Emsley 30 Nov 2018	Emma Richardson 30 Nov 2018	1
Manual enrollment and obligate change password Locked	Reinier Batterink 30 Nov 2018	Reinier Batterink 30 Nov 2018	0
ClamAV Plugin Config Paths Locked	Wolf Ventir 21 Nov 2018	Wolf Ventir 28 Nov 2018	3
content protection method Locked	dave lewis 26 Nov 2018	dave lewis 27 Nov 2018	2
No checkboxes on Data Requests page Locked	Peter Diedrichs 22 Nov 2018	Alex Sandu 25 Nov 2018	2
HTTP to HTTPS Locked	LAVS EDUCATOR 25 Nov 2018	Ken Task 25 Nov 2018	1
data privacy plugin 3.3.5 hanging in cron Locked	Tim Gildersleeve 9 May 2018	John Packiaraj 21 Nov 2018	11
The perils of the BIG "helping" school IT Locked	Visvanath Ratnaweera 19 Nov 2018	Visvanath Ratnaweera 20 Nov 2018	1
Problem with HTTPS Locked	LAVS EDUCATOR 19 Nov 2018	AL Rachels 20 Nov 2018	1
Fast registration possible? Locked	Colin Peters 9 Nov 2018	Visvanath Ratnaweera 19 Nov 2018	6
looking for vulnerable (old) plugins for Moodle Locked	Jurgen Gaeremyn 19 Nov 2018	Dan Marsden 19 Nov 2018	1
Completely isolated courses Locked	Hannu Mattila 9 Nov 2018	Kerstin Namuth 16 Nov 2018	10
Privacy Policy - Different Languages Locked	Stephen Oxlade 19 Oct 2018	Ralf Hilgenstock 14 Nov 2018	5
email alert when new users are created Locked	Raman Joshi 9 Nov 2018	Raman Joshi 13 Nov 2018	2
Need Assistance on Installing SSL Wildcard Certificate Moodle3.2.4 Apache Locked	Aretha Etienne 12 Nov 2018	Aretha Etienne 12 Nov 2018	0
Mail bomb afther update 6-11-2018 Locked	Bas van Kollenburg 8 Nov 2018	Ralf Hilgenstock 12 Nov 2018	4
Password recovery from login page : a strange screen Locked	Niko Niko 7 Nov 2018	Emma Richardson 9 Nov 2018	1
Data requests retention period Locked	Leon Erasmus 9 Nov 2018	Leon Erasmus 9 Nov 2018	2
Building in SHA-256 hashing for javascript Locked	Garrett Boone 22 Oct 2018	Dan Marsden 25 Oct 2018	15
Can my instructor see my activities outside his course? Locked	Gulielmus Pius Robertus Winslowius 5 Nov 2018	Tim Hunt 5 Nov 2018	1
Secure coukies Locked	mimi nom 3 Nov 2018	mimi nom 3 Nov 2018	0
A required parameter token was missing Locked	Ross Quinnell 26 Oct 2018	Ross Quinnell 30 Oct 2018	2
Contacts tab in messaging provides list of all users (GDPR issue?) Locked	Craig Hunter 20 Sep 2018	Gemma Lesterhuis 23 Oct 2018	8
[3.5]Insecure files/folders Moodle? Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 18 Oct 2018	Richard van Iwaarden 19 Oct 2018	2
XSS Trusted Users list longer than it should be given our settings Locked	Janet Osborne 11 Aug 2018	Janet Osborne 19 Oct 2018	3
restrict guest access for courses in a specific category Locked	stefan weber 10 Aug 2017	Louise Hawkins 10 Oct 2018	6
Data registry and data deletion Locked	Tomasz Czernak 9 Oct 2018	Andrew Nicols 10 Oct 2018	1
When logging in, I'm getting a "logout/cancel" popup every time Locked	Jan Waginski 4 Oct 2018	Jan Waginski 8 Oct 2018	3
Deceptive site ahead - Phishing Locked	Nilesh Pathade 4 Oct 2018	Ken Task 5 Oct 2018	6
Securing the platform and databases best approach? Locked	Jerry Lau 23 Sep 2018	Jerry Lau 2 Oct 2018	7
User data in joint activities Locked	Kerstin Namuth 28 Sep 2018	Kerstin Namuth 28 Sep 2018	0
Is there a way to set manager role to be able to enroll student to certain Course categories only? Locked	Maddy Fu 26 Sep 2018	Maddy Fu 26 Sep 2018	0
Changing Content on Alternate login URL Locked	Jennifer Belisle 24 Sep 2018	Jennifer Belisle 24 Sep 2018	0
Incoming mail configuration with Google accounts detected as insecure Locked	Iñigo Zendegi Urzelai 5 Mar 2018	Iñigo Zendegi Urzelai 17 Sep 2018	12
How to prevent script tag in search URL Locked	Khant Kyaw 14 Sep 2018	Ruslan Kabalin 14 Sep 2018	1
Define roles by IP address Locked	Tamar Alania 14 Sep 2018	Tamar Alania 14 Sep 2018	0
Data privacy plugin and quizzes Locked	Jonas Asa. 13 Sep 2018	Jonas Asa. 14 Sep 2018	3
Students can see other students enrolled in a course Locked	Jacques Technologies 8 Dec 2017	Mohamed Gad 10 Sep 2018	1
Log in issue Locked	Pravin J 23 Aug 2018	Emma Richardson 31 Aug 2018	3
Security for docs and videos in moodle Locked	Jenn MapMaven 29 Aug 2018	Jenn MapMaven 29 Aug 2018	0
Could a quickly changing client IP upset the log in process? Locked	Visvanath Ratnaweera 22 Aug 2018	Visvanath Ratnaweera 24 Aug 2018	3
Backup policy Locked	Albert Ramsbottom 12 Jul 2018	Ken Task 22 Aug 2018	8
security Issue of Moodle Locked	Anderson Hsu 21 Aug 2018	Richard van Iwaarden 21 Aug 2018	3
Backup of user data Locked	Tobias Hänel 15 Aug 2018	Mary Cooch 17 Aug 2018	3

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