Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2014-0217
Published: May 27, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41614
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-2014-0217
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.
enrol/index.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.3 does not check for the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability before listing hidden courses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive name and summary information about these courses by leveraging the guest role and visiting a crafted URL.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0217
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - update to 2.4.10-1.el6