CVE-2014-0217

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

enrol/index.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.3 does not check for the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability before listing hidden courses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive name and summary information about these courses by leveraging the guest role and visiting a crafted URL.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45126
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/19/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=260365
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45126
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/19/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=260365

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