Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2012-2366

 

Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2012-2366

Published: July 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43817
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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2366
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate or delete data.

mod/data/preset.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 does not properly iterate through an array, which allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary database activity presets via unspecified vectors.


Affected software

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

How to mitigate CVE-2012-2366

Install update from vendor's website.

moodle - update to 2.1.6-1.el6

External References

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