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Moodle does not check for the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 24, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3

Patched versions

2.6.3

Description

enrol/index.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.3 does not check for the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability before listing hidden courses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive name and summary information about these courses by leveraging the guest role and visiting a crafted URL.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 24, 2024
Last updated Jan 24, 2024

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0217

GHSA ID

GHSA-c3vx-v4x8-x894

Source code

Credits

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