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Vulnerability details: VCID-gkth-mga1-zbfm
Vulnerability ID VCID-gkth-mga1-zbfm
Aliases CVE-2011-4279
GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c
Summary Moodle does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
generic_textual MODERATE http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4279
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4279
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4279
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4279
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4279
GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.51283
EPSS Score 0.00283
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:57.201980+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c/GHSA-phqj-xp48-7p7c.json 36.1.3