Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2017-2642
Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38684
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2642
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
Moodle 3.x has user fullname disclosure on the user preferences page.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2642
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 3.1.7-1.el7, 3.1.7-1.fc24, 3.1.7-1.fc25, 3.2.4-1.fc26