PT-2012-5381 · Moodle · Moodle

Rex Lorenzo · Published 2012-09-19 · Updated 2020-12-01 · CVE-2012-4408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.7 Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.4 Moodle versions 2.3.x through 2.3.1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions. This is due to the course/reset.php file checking an update capability instead of a reset capability, enabling users to perform a reset operation.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.7, update to version 2.1.8 or later. For Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.4, update to version 2.2.5 or later. For Moodle versions 2.3.x through 2.3.1, update to version 2.3.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4408

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 5

• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34519 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4408 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1 · Note
• http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211558 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4408 · Note