Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2011-4288

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2011-4288

Published: July 16, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43875
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4288
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.

Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.12 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly implement associations between teachers and groups, which allows remote authenticated users to read quiz reports of arbitrary students by leveraging the teacher role.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-4288

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources