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CVE-2011-4296

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lib/db/access.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.4 and 2.1.x before 2.1.1 assigns incorrect capabilities to the course-creator role, which allows remote authenticated users to modify course filters by leveraging this role.

Affected products

• Moodle: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1.0

References

• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88d823c1f491a3c74f67bbf74306a8d1109dee02
• http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=182739
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88d823c1f491a3c74f67bbf74306a8d1109dee02
• http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=182739
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1

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