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CVE-2011-4589 json

backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not check for the moodle/course:changeidnumber…

published 2012-07-20 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4514

cvss
5.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not check for the moodle/course:changeidnumber privilege during handling of course ID numbers, which allows remote authenticated users to overwrite ID numbers via a restore action.

Patch / fix

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-2011-4589 updated cvss 4.3

moodle: multiple security fixes in 2.1.3, 2.0.6, and 1.9.15

  • 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

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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