#VU40268 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2016-2190

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#VU40268 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2016-2190

Published: May 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40268
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2190
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Moodle
Software vendor:
moodle.org

Description

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

Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 does not properly restrict links, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive URL information by reading a Referer log.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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