Moodle information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information exposure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-48896. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-209. The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It is possible for users with the "send message" capability to view other users' names that they may not otherwise have access to via an error message in Messaging. Note: The name returned follows the full name format configured on the site.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-48896 since 10/09/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/04/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261118 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48896), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261118). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-209 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261118
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48896

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/09/2024 🔍
10/15/2024 +6 days 🔍
10/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/04/2025 +323 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-48896 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-48896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280538

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 01:21
Updated: 09/04/2025 04:45
Changes: 10/16/2024 01:21 (48), 11/18/2024 13:39 (1), 09/04/2025 04:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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