CVE-2011-4279

Published: Jul 16, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.

Affected (2)

Products: Moodle: Moodle

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Moodle Moodle	Version 2.0.0
Moodle Moodle	Version 2.0.1

Related CWEs

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (6)

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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