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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432433

Description

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

 - The forum_print_latest_discussions function in mod/forum/lib.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before
 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the
 individual answer-posting requirement without the mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting capability, and
 discover an author's username, by leveraging the student role and visiting a Q&A forum. (CVE-2014-3617)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432433

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3617

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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: 9/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3617

BID: 69789