CVE-2016-0724 Moodle sensitive information disclosure

What is CVE-2016-0724?

CVE-2016-0724 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) core_enrol_get_course_enrolment_methods and (2) enrol_self_get_instance_info web services in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.12, 2.8.x before 2.8.10, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 do not consider the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0724?

10 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0724?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.12, 2.8.10, 2.9.4 or 3.0.2.

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

Is CVE-2016-0724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-hjrj-7wcj-7j3c.