CVE-2016-0724 Moodle sensitive information disclosure

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can access hidden course enrollment details due to missing capability checks in 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
Available

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.

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions to 2.6.11None
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions to 2.6.11None
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.7.02.7.12
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.7.02.7.12
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.8.02.8.10
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.8.02.8.10
4 more packages
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.9.02.9.4
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 2.9.02.9.4
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.0.03.0.2
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.0.03.0.2

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.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

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

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