CVE-2014-3617

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: 2014-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The forum_print_latest_discussions function in mod/forum/lib.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the individual answer-posting requirement without the mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting capability, and discover an author's username, by leveraging the student role and visiting a Q&A forum.

Affected products

Moodle: through 2.4.11; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+65)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46619
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46619
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591

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