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medium 5.0

CVE-2011-4300 json

Moodle does not properly restrict access to category and course data

published 2012-07-11 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-9p54-pc88-36c4 , EUVD-2022-3416

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The file_browser component in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.5 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 does not properly restrict access to category and course data, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a request for a file.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.0.5, 2.1.2

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-2011-4300 updated cvss 4.3

moodle: Multiple security fixes in 2.1.2, 2.0.5, and 1.9.14

  • 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

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=2.1, <2.1.2
>=2.0.0, <2.0.5
2.1.2
2.0.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.