Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2012-6106
Published: January 28, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43142
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6106
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 #AU# to manipulate or delete data.
calendar/managesubscriptions.php in the Manage Subscriptions implementation in Moodle 2.4.x before 2.4.1 omits a capability check, which allows remote authenticated users to remove course-level calendar subscriptions by leveraging the student role and sending an iCalendar object.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6106
Install update from vendor's website.