CVE-2012-4408

medium

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.

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211558

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34519

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-19

Updated: 2020-12-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium