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Vulnerability details: VCID-1a9c-cmq6-3ydn
Vulnerability ID VCID-1a9c-cmq6-3ydn
Aliases CVE-2014-3617
GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j
Summary Moodle allows discovery of an author's username 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46619
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/1
epss 0.00176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-3617
epss 0.00176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-3617
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1c5d2aefd1c6706176e97b99b2f9deef582564be
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1f3066f1977cf9ba36bb2583597af8bc53eb7d0f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/532c25d5bd6d0f2ad14720fcee0da8c879c4d0f2
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8f2e80600bf0fc220b92706907fb3d683602e5c2
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/95c3874b717e19711780147c29285e56ca01ff79
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/982c8524dd27066a6893a4b2ff2c41d60f9bdc23
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a80ed84ed37d24e564b0bb7b8d51c4206b1fcd54
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b1325427ecefb23002d3c79a7222e98f3995c0fb
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b2b8d932f11c089b59b6c5ce439487ae3e5d79aa
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ebbff905629fbd87a6a81cc471964e995fba3eb0
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3617
Reference id Reference type URL
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://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-3617
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1c5d2aefd1c6706176e97b99b2f9deef582564be
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1f3066f1977cf9ba36bb2583597af8bc53eb7d0f
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/532c25d5bd6d0f2ad14720fcee0da8c879c4d0f2
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8f2e80600bf0fc220b92706907fb3d683602e5c2
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/95c3874b717e19711780147c29285e56ca01ff79
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/982c8524dd27066a6893a4b2ff2c41d60f9bdc23
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a80ed84ed37d24e564b0bb7b8d51c4206b1fcd54
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b1325427ecefb23002d3c79a7222e98f3995c0fb
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b2b8d932f11c089b59b6c5ce439487ae3e5d79aa
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ebbff905629fbd87a6a81cc471964e995fba3eb0
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3617
GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.39748
EPSS Score 0.00176
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:28:03.847018+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j/GHSA-p5j7-26wj-423j.json 36.1.3