CVE-2016-2158 Moodle allows attackers to obtain sensitive category-detail information

What is CVE-2016-2158?

CVE-2016-2158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 22 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lib/ajax/getnavbranch.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3, when the forcelogin feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch by leveraging the guest role for an Ajax request.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2158?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2158?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.13, 2.8.11, 2.9.5 or 3.0.3.

Is CVE-2016-2158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m882-j7gq-v9p7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2158.