Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2012-4408

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)