Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2013-1831
Published: March 25, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42959
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-2013-1831
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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.
lib/setuplib.php in Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid request, which reveals the absolute path in an exception message.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1831
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36901
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225342