VDB-109751 · CVE-2017-15110 · BID 101909

Moodle 3.x Search User information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Moodle 3.x (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (User). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In Moodle 3.x, students can find out email addresses of other students in the same course. Using search on the Participants page, students could search email addresses of all participants regardless of email visibility. This allows enumerating and guessing emails of other students.

The bug was discovered 11/20/2017. The weakness was released 11/20/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15110 since 10/08/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104981 (Fedora 25 : moodle (2017-e40e02e0dd)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277029 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2017-e40e02e0dd)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104981).

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Name: User
Class: Information disclosure / User
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 104981
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : moodle (2017-e40e02e0dd)
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OpenVAS ID: 70059
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2017-612d3e009f
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/20/2017 +43 days 🔍
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01/11/2023 +1864 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-e40e02e0dd
Researcher: Tim Schroeder
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-15110 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 101909 - Moodle CVE-2017-15110 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/21/2017 07:48
Updated: 01/11/2023 08:09
Changes: 11/21/2017 07:48 (73), 12/09/2019 08:39 (6), 01/24/2021 21:39 (2), 01/11/2023 08:09 (3)
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