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CVE-2012-2359

Published: Jul 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2359
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

admin/roles/override.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the teacher role and modifying their own capabilities, as demonstrated by obtaining the backup:userinfo capability.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MoodleMoodle2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
MoodleUbuntuartful*
MoodleUbuntuhardy*
MoodleUbuntuquantal*
MoodleUbunturaring*
MoodleUbuntusaucy*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*
MoodleUbuntuutopic*
MoodleUbuntuvivid*
MoodleUbuntuwily*
MoodleUbuntuyakkety*
MoodleUbuntuzesty*

References

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