CVE-2016-2158

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

lib/ajax/getnavbranch.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3, when the forcelogin feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch by leveraging the guest role for an Ajax request.

Affected products

Moodle: through 2.6.11; 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5 (+26)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52774
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330180
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52774
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330180

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