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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-mpjx-8phj-5m34)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431756

Description

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

 - The Dropbox Repository File Picker in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.9, 2.2.x before 2.2.6, and 2.3.x before
 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to access the Dropbox of a different user by leveraging an
 unattended workstation after a logout. (CVE-2012-5471)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpjx-8phj-5m34

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 431756

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5471

BID: 56505, 56582

cwe: CWE-287