Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2012-0800
Published: July 17, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43855
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0800
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The form-autocompletion functionality in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to discover passwords by reading the contents of a non-password field, as demonstrated by accessing a create-groups page with Safari on an iPad device.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0800
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - update to 2.1.4-1.el6