CVE-2012-6098

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: 2013-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

grade/edit/outcome/edit_form.php in Moodle 1.9.x through 1.9.19, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly enforce the moodle/grade:manage capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to convert custom outcomes into standard site-wide outcomes by leveraging the teacher role and using the re-editing feature.

Affected products

Moodle: 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.5, 1.9.6 (+34)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-27619
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220158
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-27619
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220158

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