Moodle does not properly restrict access to category and course data
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 17, 2024
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.1, < 2.1.2
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.5
Patched versions
2.1.2
2.0.5
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 11, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jan 17, 2024
Last updated
Jan 17, 2024
The
file_browsercomponent in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.5 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 does not properly restrict access to category and course data, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a request for a file.References