Moodle up to 2.1.2 information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle user/action_redir group messages, which allows remote authenticated users to discover e-mail addresses by visiting the messaging interface.

The weakness was released 07/20/2012 by Ryan Smith (Patrick) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at moodle.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-4593 since 11/29/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57369 (Fedora 15 : moodle-1.9.15-1.fc15 (2011-16903)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (57369), SecurityFocus (BID 50923†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34173†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-61351, VDB-61350, VDB-61349 and VDB-61348.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 57369
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : moodle-1.9.15-1.fc15 (2011-16903)
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OpenVAS ID: 863984
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2011-16833
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 1.9.3
Patch: e94113a859015a4a80b9397957b8fc4044e2951f

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12/06/2011 +7 days 🔍
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01/04/2012 +29 days 🔍
07/20/2012 +198 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +976 days 🔍
12/06/2021 +2450 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: moodle.org
Researcher: Ryan Smith (Patrick)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-4593 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 50923 - Moodle Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 34173 - Moodle Before 2.1.2 Email Addresses Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 12/06/2021 02:56 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (55), 04/09/2017 01:14 PM (13), 12/06/2021 02:51 PM (4), 12/06/2021 02:56 PM (2)
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