CVE-2016-5012 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Moodle 3.x, glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them.

Published: 2017-01-20

Score: 5.3 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:3.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:beta::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:rc2::::::

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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-2022-3892	In Moodle 3.x, glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them.
Github GHSA	GHSA-g58x-p3pj-rg52	Moodle Glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00214.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92041
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=336697

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-20T08:39:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.228Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5012

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-20T08:59:00.190

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5012

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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