CVE-2011-4589

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not check for the moodle/course:changeidnumber privilege during handling of course ID numbers, which allows remote authenticated users to overwrite ID numbers via a restore action.

backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php en Moodle v2.0.x antes de v2.0.6 y v2.1.x antes de v2.1.3 no comprueba el privilegio moodle/course:changeidnumber durante la manipulación de números de identificación del curso, lo que permite sobrescribir los números ID a usuarios remotos autenticados a través de una acción de restauración.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-11-29 CVE Reserved
2012-07-20 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761248	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-29591	2020-12-01

URL	Date	SRC
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=191758	2020-12-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.0.5 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.0.5"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.2"		-		Affected