Information disclosure in Moodle
CVE-2016-2151
user/index.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 grants excessive authorization on the basis of the moodle/course:viewhiddenuserfields capability, which allows remote authenticated users to discover student e-mail addresses by leveraging the teacher role and reading a Participants list.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.016 (73.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Moodle — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2151?
- CVE-2016-2151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-05-22.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2151?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.