CVE-2012-2354

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the moodle/site:readallmessages capability requirement and read arbitrary messages by using the "Recent conversations" feature with a modified parameter in a URL.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 (+3)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=48e03792ca8faa2d781f9ef74606f3b3f0d3baec
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=48e03792ca8faa2d781f9ef74606f3b3f0d3baec
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2

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