Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2015-0211
Published: June 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40754
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0211
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
mod/lti/ajax.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 does not consider the moodle/course:manageactivities and mod/lti:addinstance capabilities before proceeding with registered-tool list searches, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via requests to the LTI Ajax service.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0211
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.6.8-1.el6, 2.7.5-1.fc21