FKIE_CVE-2011-4279

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-07-16 10:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:34
Severity
Summary
Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
secalert@redhat.comhttp://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moodle moodle 2.0.0
moodle moodle 2.0.1
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      "value": "Moodle v2.0.x antes de v2.0.2 no utiliza el ajuste de control forceloginforprofiles para controlar el acceso a los perfiles del curso, lo que hace que sea m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil para los atacantes remotos a la hora de obtener informaci\u00f3n sensible a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con el uso de un motor de b\u00fasqueda, tal y como lo demuestra la funcionalidad de b\u00fasqueda de Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex y AltaVista.\r\n"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:34:41.683",
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