82063 : Moodle Question Bank Arbitrary Question Creation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-05-21

Description

Moodle contains a flaw that is triggered by an error when handling access permissions in the question bank, which may allow a remote attacker to create arbitrary questions.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.18, 2.0.9, 2.1.6, or 2.2.3 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Moodle Trust	Moodle	2.2.0
		2.2
		2.2.0-rc1
		2.2.0 beta
		2.2.1
		2.1.0
		2.1.1
		2.1.2
		2.1.3
		2.1.4
		2.1.5

References

CVE ID: 2012-2356 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 49233
Related OSVDB ID: 82060 82061 82062 82064 82065 82066 82067 82068 82069 82070 82071 82072 82073 82074
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=203044
Other Advisory URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2

Credit

Tim Hunt

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-07-23 | Disagree?

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