Information Exposure Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <4.5.0-rc2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-8383244
  • published18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed18 Nov 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-48896  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 4.5.0-rc2 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the send_instant_messages function. An attacker can gain access to user names they should not have access to by exploiting this error message handling.

CVSS Scores

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