PT-2012-3977 · Moodle · Moodle

Tim Hunt · Published 2012-07-21 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2012-2356

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.5 Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.2

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions. This is achieved via a save question action in the question-bank functionality.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.5, update to version 2.1.6 or later. For Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.2, update to version 2.2.3 or later.

Fix

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-288

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2356

GHSA-3RQJ-JCHW-9CC7

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2356 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2356 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/29e247e44e983f230f248192ffac8e7b7abe37fd · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/51c5e6057c67687f5d872f8a228cfea275abf576 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0f83dd10a1d013e77906c7be4560126bb14c6b5c · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2 · Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239 · Note