Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2012-1168
Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30617
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1168
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle
Moodle
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
Moodle before 2.2.2 has a password and web services issue where when the user profile is updated the user password is reset if not specified.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1168
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1168
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1168
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198622
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1168