CVE-2012-3387 (GCVE-0-2012-3387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
Summary
Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.1 uses only a client-side check for whether references are permitted in a file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended alias (aka shortcut) restrictions via a client that omits this check.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 978 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/49890 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2012-07-17 00:00
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