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Moodle: (CVE-2016-2151): MSA-16-0003: Incorrect capability check when displaying users emails in Participants list

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Moodle: (CVE-2016-2151): MSA-16-0003: Incorrect capability check when displaying users emails in Participants list

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
01/12/2023

Description

user/index.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 grants excessive authorization on the basis of the moodle/course:viewhiddenuserfields capability, which allows remote authenticated users to discover student e-mail addresses by leveraging the teacher role and reading a Participants list.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

References

  • CVE-2016-2151

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