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CVE-2013-2245

Improper Authentication

Published: Jul 29, 2013 | 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-2013-2245
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

rss/file.php in Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 does not properly implement the use of RSS tokens for impersonation, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive block information by reading an RSS feed.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

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)
MoodleMoodle2.1.8 (including)2.1.8 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.9 (including)2.1.9 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.1.10 (including)2.1.10 (including)
MoodleUbuntulucid*
MoodleUbuntuprecise*
MoodleUbuntuquantal*
MoodleUbunturaring*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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