A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It is possible for users with the "send message" capability to view other users' names that they may not otherwise have access to via an error message in Messaging. Note: The name returned follows the full name format configured on the site.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It is possible for users with the send message capability to view     other users' names that they may not otherwise have access to via an error message in Messaging. Note: The     name returned follows the full name format configured on the site. (CVE-2024-48896)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to its self-reported version, the Moodle install hosted on the remote host is 4.1.x prior to 4.1.14, 4.2.x prior to 4.2.11, 4.3.x prior to 4.3.8, or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- An IDOR when fetching report schedules.

- Some users can delete audiences of other reports.

- An IDOR in edit/delete RSS feed.

- Users' names returned in messaging error message.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It is possible for users with the "send message" capability to view
    other users' names that they may not otherwise have access to via an error message in Messaging. Note: The
    name returned follows the full name format configured on the site. (CVE-2024-48896)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
261118	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48896	Nessus	Misc.	medium
114710	Moodle < 4.1.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
114709	Moodle 4.2.x < 4.2.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
114708	Moodle 4.3.x < 4.3.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
114707	Moodle 4.4.x < 4.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
414019	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-cq5f-wv7p-5gfc)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
414019	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-cq5f-wv7p-5gfc)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2024-48896

medium

Tenable Plugins

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medium

medium

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