SB2011092421 - Information disclosure in Moodle
Published: September 24, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011092421
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3757)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Moodle 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by webservice/xmlrpc/locallib.php and certain other files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.