CVE-2012-4401

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Published Sep 19, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.5 and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability restrictions and perform certain topic changes by leveraging course-editing capabilities.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.4:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4340	Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.5 and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability restrictions and perform certain topic changes by leveraging course-editing capabilities.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.128% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-28207
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211556
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Sep 19, 2012, 10:00 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:07 PM
Reserved: Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 19, 2012, 10:57 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM

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