CVE-2012-5479

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2012-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Portfolio plugin in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.9, 2.2.x before 2.2.6, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute files via a modified Portfolio API callback.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 (+12)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-33791
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36346
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216159
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-33791
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36346
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216159

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