CVE-2012-2359 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated teachers can escalate privileges by modifying their own capabilities in Moodle, potentially gaining unauthorized access to user information.
- 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-2012-2359?
CVE-2012-2359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 21 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
admin/roles/override.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the teacher role and modifying their own capabilities, as demonstrated by obtaining the backup:userinfo capability.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2359?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2359?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-2359 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2359 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-jgqm-rhq8-wrjr.