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FKIE_CVE-2012-3391

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-07-23 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:43

Severity

Summary

mod/forum/rsslib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly implement the requirement for posting before reading a Q&A forum, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the student role and reading the RSS feed for a forum.

References

	URL	Tags
	secalert@redhat.com	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_22_STABLE&st=commit&s=MDL-32199
	secalert@redhat.com	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1
	secalert@redhat.com	http://secunia.com/advisories/49890
	secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481
	secalert@redhat.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76957
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_22_STABLE&st=commit&s=MDL-32199
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/49890
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76957

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
moodle	moodle	2.1.0
moodle	moodle	2.1.1
moodle	moodle	2.1.2
moodle	moodle	2.1.3
moodle	moodle	2.1.4
moodle	moodle	2.1.5
moodle	moodle	2.1.6
moodle	moodle	2.2.0
moodle	moodle	2.2.1
moodle	moodle	2.2.2
moodle	moodle	2.2.3

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CVE-2012-3391 (GCVE-0-2012-3391)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 979 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2012-07-17 00:00

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Sightings

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