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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4402

Published: Sep 19, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4402
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

webservice/lib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 does not properly restrict the use of web-service tokens, which allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary external-service functions via a token intended for only one service.

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)
MoodleMoodle2.1.7 (including)2.1.7 (including)
MoodleUbuntuhardy*
MoodleUbuntuquantal*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*

References

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