CVE-2011-4279: Moodle does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control

May 13, 2022 (updated April 12, 2025)

Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4279

Code Behaviors & Features

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