CVE-2012-4400 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

repository/repository_ajax.php in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.5 and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended upload-size restrictions via a -1 value in the maxbytes field.

Published: 2012-09-19

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4339	repository/repository_ajax.php in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.5 and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended upload-size restrictions via a -1 value in the maxbytes field.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

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-30792
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211555
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

History

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-09-19T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:31:59.418Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4400

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-19T10:57:07.157

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4400

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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