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CVE-2012-2356

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% 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

The question-bank functionality in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions via a save_question action.

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&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2

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