FKIE_CVE-2016-2158

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-22 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
lib/ajax/getnavbranch.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3, when the forcelogin feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch by leveraging the guest role for an Ajax request.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52774
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
secalert@redhat.comhttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330180Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52774
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330180Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle 2.7.0
moodle moodle 2.7.1
moodle moodle 2.7.2
moodle moodle 2.7.3
moodle moodle 2.7.4
moodle moodle 2.7.5
moodle moodle 2.7.6
moodle moodle 2.7.7
moodle moodle 2.7.8
moodle moodle 2.7.9
moodle moodle 2.7.10
moodle moodle 2.7.11
moodle moodle 2.7.12
moodle moodle 2.8.0
moodle moodle 2.8.1
moodle moodle 2.8.2
moodle moodle 2.8.3
moodle moodle 2.8.4
moodle moodle 2.8.5
moodle moodle 2.8.6
moodle moodle 2.8.7
moodle moodle 2.8.8
moodle moodle 2.8.9
moodle moodle 2.8.10
moodle moodle 2.9.0
moodle moodle 2.9.1
moodle moodle 2.9.2
moodle moodle 2.9.3
moodle moodle 2.9.4
moodle moodle 3.0.0
moodle moodle 3.0.1
moodle moodle 3.0.2
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