Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2013-2082
Published: May 25, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42828
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2013-2082
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle
Moodle
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 does not enforce capability requirements for reading blog comments, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2082
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-37245
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106965.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106988.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107026.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/21/1
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228934