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Fencer Intel
medium 4.0

CVE-2014-3617 json

Moodle allows discovery of an author's username

published 2014-09-15 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j , EUVD-2022-4686

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The forum_print_latest_discussions function in mod/forum/lib.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the individual answer-posting requirement without the mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting capability, and discover an author's username, by leveraging the student role and visiting a Q&A forum.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.5.8, 2.6.5, 2.7.2

Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% 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
<2.5.8
>=2.6.0, <2.6.5
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
2.5.8
2.6.5
2.7.2

Classification

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

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.