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CVE-2015-5340: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

May 13, 2022 (updated August 1, 2023)

Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 does not consider the moodle/badges:viewbadges capability, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive badge information via a request involving (1) badges/overview.php or (2) badges/view.php.

References

  • git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-51684
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmvj-j7hq-rx85
  • github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/47d5c29202e299fdbe54229d3f6b0c381835eae3
  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323235
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5340

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.6.11, all versions starting from 2.7 before 2.7.11, all versions starting from 2.8 before 2.8.9, all versions starting from 2.9 before 2.9.3

Fixed versions

  • 2.7.11
  • 2.8.9
  • 2.9.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.7.11, 2.8.9, 2.9.3 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-264

Source file

packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2015-5340.yml

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