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CVE-2010-1617 json

Moodle doesn't properly check role

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-q53j-c866-h9mw , EUVD-2010-1642

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

user/view.php in Moodle 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 does not properly check a role, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the full names of other users via the course profile page.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 1.8.12, 1.9.8

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1617 updated

Moodle: Multiple security fixes in 1.8.12 upstream release

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=1.8.0, <1.8.12
>=1.9.0, <1.9.8
1.8.12
1.9.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

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