National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4300
Original release date:07/11/2012
Last revised:07/11/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The file_browser component in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.5 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 does not properly restrict access to category and course data, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a request for a file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747444
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=188311
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=f6b07c4da54a9db24723beb147e8a19a3d487e00
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)