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CVE-2012-4408

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
19/09/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

course/reset.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 checks an update capability instead of a reset capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a reset operation.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.50
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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