#VU30611 Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Moodle - CVE-2012-1160
Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30611
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1160
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Moodle
Moodle
Software vendor:
moodle.org
moodle.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to manipulate data.
Moodle before 2.2.2 has a permission issue in Forum Subscriptions where unenrolled users can subscribe/unsubscribe via mod/forum/index.php
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1160
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1160
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198629
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1160