Moodle allows attackers to discover student e-mail addresses
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 26, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 2.7.13
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.5
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.3
Patched versions
2.7.13
2.8.11
2.9.5
3.0.3
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
May 22, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jan 26, 2024
Last updated
Jan 26, 2024
Credits
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MarkLee131 Analyst
user/index.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 grants excessive authorization on the basis of the moodle/course:viewhiddenuserfields capability, which allows remote authenticated users to discover student e-mail addresses by leveraging the teacher role and reading a Participants list.
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