vulnerability
Moodle: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2016-2151)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | May 22, 2016 | Apr 19, 2017 | May 7, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 22, 2016
Added
Apr 19, 2017
Modified
May 7, 2026
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
moodle-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-2151
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-2151
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52433
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330173
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-5079
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-5079
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