Moodle 3.0.x < 3.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9522

Synopsis

The remote web server is hosting a web application that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote web server hosts Moodle, an open-source course management system. Versions of Moodle 3.0.x prior to 3.0.5 are exposed to the following vulnerabilities :

- A flaw exists that may allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject email addresses into the intended recipients of an email by changing their username to include another user's email address. This may result in other users potentially being saturated with emails. (CVE-2016-5013)
- A flaw exists in the event monitor tool that is triggered as notifications are still sent to users even after they can no longer access classes. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information in notifications. (CVE-2016-5014)

Solution

Upgrade to Moodle version 3.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.5_release_notes

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9522

Family: CGI

Published: 8/25/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:moodle:moodle

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5013, CVE-2016-5014

BID: 92040, 92042