Information Exposure Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <2.7.13>=2.8.0, <2.8.11>=2.9.0, <2.9.5>=3.0.0, <3.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-6209237
  • published29 Jan 2024
  • disclosed13 May 2022
  • creditKrista Koivisto

Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2016-2158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 2.7.13, 2.8.11, 2.9.5, 3.0.3 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the getnavbranch.php file when the forcelogin feature is enabled. An attacker can obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch by leveraging the guest role for an Ajax request.