CVE-2020-25703 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Moodle

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can download participant lists containing hidden user email addresses, exposing private data in Moodle installations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-25703?

CVE-2020-25703 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 19 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The participants table download in Moodle always included user emails, but should have only done so when users' emails are not hidden. Versions affected: 3.9 to 3.9.2, 3.8 to 3.8.5 and 3.7 to 3.7.8. This is fixed in moodle 3.9.3, 3.8.6, 3.7.9, and 3.10.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-201

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25703?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.10.0-beta3.10.0
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.10.0-beta3.10.0
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.7.03.7.9
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.7.03.7.9
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.8.03.8.6
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.8.03.8.6
3 more packages
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.9.03.9.3
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.9.03.9.3
moodle BitnamiFrom 3.7.03.7.9, 3.8.6, 3.9.3

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25703?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.10.0, 3.7.9, 3.8.6 or 3.9.3.

Is CVE-2020-25703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2020-25703, GHSA-c7v4-m269-4995, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25703.

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