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Vulnerability details: VCID-2mpa-ysw3-kbdg
Vulnerability ID VCID-2mpa-ysw3-kbdg
Aliases CVE-2012-2356
GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7
Summary Moodle Authentication Bypass in Question-Bank The question-bank functionality in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions via a save_question action.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
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-32239
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2
epss 0.00183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2356
epss 0.00183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2356
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0f83dd10a1d013e77906c7be4560126bb14c6b5c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/29e247e44e983f230f248192ffac8e7b7abe37fd
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/51c5e6057c67687f5d872f8a228cfea275abf576
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2356
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2356
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0f83dd10a1d013e77906c7be4560126bb14c6b5c
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/29e247e44e983f230f248192ffac8e7b7abe37fd
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/51c5e6057c67687f5d872f8a228cfea275abf576
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2356
GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40534
EPSS Score 0.00183
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:29:57.313250+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7/GHSA-3rqj-jchw-9cc7.json 36.1.3