Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2012-2355
Published: July 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43821
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-2012-2355
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 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass question:use* capability requirements and add arbitrary questions to a quiz via the questions feature.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2355
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - update to 2.1.6-1.el6