CVE-2012-3387

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.1 uses only a client-side check for whether references are permitted in a file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended alias (aka shortcut) restrictions via a client that omits this check.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.3.0

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-33948
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/49890
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76954
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-33948
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/49890
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76954

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