Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2011-4593
Published: July 20, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43830
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-2011-4593
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle user/action_redir group messages, which allows remote authenticated users to discover e-mail addresses by visiting the messaging interface.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4593
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - update to 2.1.3-1.el6