CVE-2012-1170 Missing authorization in Moodle

What is CVE-2012-1170?

CVE-2012-1170 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Moodle before 2.2.2 has an external enrolment plugin context check issue where capability checks are not thorough

Weakness: CWE-354

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1170?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2012-1170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j98x-965h-9v2h.