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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Moodle Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2012-5480)

Description

The Database activity module in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.9, 2.2.x before 2.2.6, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on reading other participants' entries via an advanced search.

Remediation

References

CVE-2012-5480

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2012-5480 CWE-264

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities

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