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CVE-2012-5480

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% 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 Database activity module 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 attackers to bypass intended restrictions on reading other participants' entries via an advanced search.

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-35558
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216160
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-35558
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56505
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216160

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