CVE-2009-4299 (GCVE-0-2009-4299)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-12-16 01:00
Modified
2024-09-16 16:18
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
mod/glossary/showentry.php in the Glossary module for Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not properly perform access control, which allows attackers to read unauthorized Glossary entries via unknown vectors.
References
cve@mitre.org http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes Patch
cve@mitre.org http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes Patch
cve@mitre.org http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139103 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/37614 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244 Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
cve@mitre.org https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
cve@mitre.org https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139103 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/37614 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
Impacted products
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