CVE-2011-4590 Auth bypass in n/a
Authenticated users can bypass maintenance mode and account restrictions to access Moodle web services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-4590?
CVE-2011-4590 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 20 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The web services implementation in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly consider the maintenance-mode state and account attributes during login attempts, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by connecting to a webservice server.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4590?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4590?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2011-4590 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4590 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle
- CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id
- CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p586-c547-p893.