CVE-2012-4403

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Published Sep 19, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

theme/yui_combo.php in Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.2 does not properly construct error responses for the drag-and-drop script, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by sending a request for a nonexistent resource and then reading the response.

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4342	theme/yui_combo.php in Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.2 does not properly construct error responses for the drag-and-drop script, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by sending a request for a nonexistent resource and then reading the response.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.400% 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-35168
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211560
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Sep 19, 2012, 10:00 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:01 AM
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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