Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39376

Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2017-2643

Published: March 26, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39376

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-2017-2643

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.

In Moodle 3.2.x, global search displays user names for unauthenticated users.

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

Install update from vendor's website.

moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.19-1.el6, 3.1.5-1.el7, 3.1.5-1.fc24, 3.1.5-1.fc25, 3.2.2-1.fc26