CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3617
4.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The forum_print_latest_discussions function in mod/forum/lib.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the individual answer-posting requirement without the mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting capability, and discover an author's username, by leveraging the student role and visiting a Q&A forum.
Affected configurations
• moodle moodle (<= 2.4.11)
• moodle moodle 2.0.0
• moodle moodle 2.0.1
• moodle moodle 2.0.2
• moodle moodle 2.0.3
• moodle moodle 2.0.4
• moodle moodle 2.0.5
• moodle moodle 2.0.6
• moodle moodle 2.0.7
• moodle moodle 2.0.8
• moodle moodle 2.0.9
• moodle moodle 2.1.0
• moodle moodle 2.1.1
• moodle moodle 2.1.2
• moodle moodle 2.1.3
• moodle moodle 2.1.4
• moodle moodle 2.1.5
• moodle moodle 2.1.6
• moodle moodle 2.1.7
• moodle moodle 2.1.8
• moodle moodle 2.1.9
• moodle moodle 2.1.10
• moodle moodle 2.2.0
• moodle moodle 2.2.1
• moodle moodle 2.2.2
• moodle moodle 2.2.3
• moodle moodle 2.2.4
• moodle moodle 2.2.5
• moodle moodle 2.2.6
• moodle moodle 2.2.7
• moodle moodle 2.2.8
• moodle moodle 2.2.9
• moodle moodle 2.2.10
• moodle moodle 2.2.11
• moodle moodle 2.3.0
• moodle moodle 2.3.1
• moodle moodle 2.3.2
• moodle moodle 2.3.3
• moodle moodle 2.3.4
• moodle moodle 2.3.5
• moodle moodle 2.3.6
• moodle moodle 2.3.7
• moodle moodle 2.3.8
• moodle moodle 2.3.9
• moodle moodle 2.3.10
• moodle moodle 2.3.11
• moodle moodle 2.4.0
• moodle moodle 2.4.1
• moodle moodle 2.4.2
• moodle moodle 2.4.3
• moodle moodle 2.4.4
• moodle moodle 2.4.5
• moodle moodle 2.4.6
• moodle moodle 2.4.7
• moodle moodle 2.4.8
• moodle moodle 2.4.9
• moodle moodle 2.4.10
• moodle moodle 2.5.0
• moodle moodle 2.5.1
• moodle moodle 2.5.2
… and 12 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46619 git.moodle.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/1 openwall.com
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46619 git.moodle.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/1 openwall.com
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591 Vendor Advisory