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Vulnerability details: VCID-nyge-5v2a-6fh7
Vulnerability ID VCID-nyge-5v2a-6fh7
Aliases CVE-2012-1159
GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r
Summary Moodle included private user files in course backups Moodle before 2.2.2 is vulnerable to information disclosure because course backups were including users' private files.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1159
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1159
epss 0.00946 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1159
epss 0.00946 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1159
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1159
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1159
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/31eae0eb1798642a2cabff2fdcf88af721632544
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/31eae0eb1798642a2cabff2fdcf88af721632544
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198628
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198628
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1159
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1159
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1159
generic_textual MODERATE https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1159
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1159
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1159
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1159
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/31eae0eb1798642a2cabff2fdcf88af721632544
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198628
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1159
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1159
GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1159
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1159
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/31eae0eb1798642a2cabff2fdcf88af721632544
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198628
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1159
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1159
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.75287
EPSS Score 0.00946
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:22:53.066162+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/04/GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r/GHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8r.json 36.1.3