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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-3391

Published: Jul 23, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3391
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MoodleMoodle2.1.0 (including)2.1.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.4 (including)2.1.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.5 (including)2.1.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.6 (including)2.1.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
MoodleUbuntuartful*
MoodleUbuntuhardy*
MoodleUbuntuquantal*
MoodleUbunturaring*
MoodleUbuntusaucy*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*
MoodleUbuntuutopic*
MoodleUbuntuvivid*
MoodleUbuntuwily*
MoodleUbuntuyakkety*
MoodleUbuntuzesty*

References

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