Moodle up to 4.1.11/4.2.8/4.3.5/4.4.1 Gradebook Report information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Moodle up to 4.1.11/4.2.8/4.3.5/4.4.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Gradebook Report. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-43429. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 4.1.11/4.2.8/4.3.5/4.4.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Gradebook Report. 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. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in moodle. Some hidden user profile fields are visible in gradebook reports, which could result in users without the "view hidden user fields" capability having access to the information.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43429 since 08/13/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 261478 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43429), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6 or 4.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261478). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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