Moodle up to 2.4.6 screen information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Moodle up to 2.4.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component screen. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-0215. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 2.4.6 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component screen. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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:

The blind-marking implementation in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, and 2.6.x before 2.6.3 allows remote authenticated users to de-anonymize student identities by (1) using a screen reader or (2) reading the HTML source.

The weakness was released 05/26/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0215 since 12/03/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74237 (Fedora 19 : moodle-2.4.10-1.fc19 (2014-6577)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12953 (Moodle Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (MSA-14-0014 - MSA-14-0017 , MSA-14-0019)).

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 databases at X-Force (93267), Tenable (74237), EUVD (EUVD-2022-1975), SecurityFocus (BID 67476†) and OSVDB (107110†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-69824, VDB-69823, VDB-69822 and VDB-69820. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 74237
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : moodle-2.4.10-1.fc19 (2014-6577)
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OpenVAS ID: 867240
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2014-10802
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12/03/2013 🔍
05/19/2014 +167 days 🔍
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05/26/2014 +7 days 🔍
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06/01/2014 +6 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +297 days 🔍
04/01/2026 +4025 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: moodle.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-0215 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0215
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69821
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X-Force: 93267
SecurityFocus: 67476 - Moodle CVE-2014-0215 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 107110
Vulnerability Center: 44719 - Moodle Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via Assignment Marking Pages, Medium

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Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 04/01/2026 15:32
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (65), 05/29/2017 10:25 (5), 03/22/2022 07:27 (3), 04/01/2026 15:32 (15)
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