Information disclosure in Moodle and Fedora - CVE-2016-0724

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Information disclosure in Moodle and Fedora - CVE-2016-0724

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40452
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0724
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Moodle
Fedora

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

The (1) core_enrol_get_course_enrolment_methods and (2) enrol_self_get_instance_info web services in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.12, 2.8.x before 2.8.10, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 do not consider the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-0724

Install update from vendor's website.

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