CVE-2012-5481 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the moodle/role:manage capability requirement and read all capability data by visiting the Check Permissions page.

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:2.3.0:::::::*
	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-2012-5399	Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the moodle/role:manage capability requirement and read all capability data by visiting the Check Permissions page.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0015.

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-35381
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216161

History

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.246Z

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

Link: CVE-2012-5481

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-21T12:55:03.210

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

Link: CVE-2012-5481

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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