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GHSA-98mf-mqw9-9q8q CVE-2017-2643

Moodle Global search displays user names for unauthenticated users

Medium Packagist
Severity
5.3 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
1.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 75.47% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Fix
3.2.2
Upgrade moodle/moodle to this version or later

Description

In Moodle 3.2.x, global search displays user names for unauthenticated users.

Affected versions

Packagist

PackageVulnerableFixed in
moodle/moodle
>= 3.2, < 3.2.2
3.2.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

moodle/moodle Packagist → 3.2.2

composer
composer require moodle/moodle:^3.2.2

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.0 5.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References

Timeline

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  3. Latest EPSS score
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