CVE-2012-5472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

lib/formslib.php in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.6 and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a modified value of a frozen form field.

Published: 2012-11-21

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.2:::::::*

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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-2012-5390	lib/formslib.php in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.6 and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a modified value of a frozen form 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 0.00172.

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-32785
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216156

History

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-11-21T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.255Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5472

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-21T12:55:02.947

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

Link: CVE-2012-5472

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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