Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2012-3391
Published: July 24, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43791
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3391
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
mod/forum/rsslib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly implement the requirement for posting before reading a Q&A forum, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the student role and reading the RSS feed for a forum.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3391
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 1.9.19-1.el5, 1.9.19-2.el5, 1.9.19-3.el5, 2.1.7-1.el6