CVE-2012-3388 Auth bypass in n/a
Authenticated users can bypass capability checks in Moodle due to caching flaws, potentially accessing unauthorized features.
- 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-2012-3388?
CVE-2012-3388 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 23 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The is_enrolled function in lib/accesslib.php in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 does not properly interact with the caching feature, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass an intended capability check via unspecified vectors that trigger caching of a user record.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3388?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3388?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3388 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-2012-3388 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3388 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-mxp2-wcjh-jf72.