Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2012-1169

 

Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2012-1169

Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30613
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1169
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Moodle before 2.2.2 has Personal information disclosure, when administrative setting users name display is set to first name only full names are shown in page breadcrumbs.


Affected software

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

How to mitigate CVE-2012-1169

Install update from vendor's website.

Moodle - update to 2.2.2
moodle - addressed in versions 2.1.5-1.el6, 2.1.5-2.el6, 2.1.5-3.el6

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