Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2012-4401
Published: September 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43499
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4401
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.5 and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability restrictions and perform certain topic changes by leveraging course-editing capabilities.
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4401
Install update from vendor's website.