CVE-2012-6099

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-20

Description

The moodle1 backup converter in backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php in Moodle 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 validate pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by leveraging the backup-restoration feature.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 (+16)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36977
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220160
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36977
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220160

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