CVE-2012-4408

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

course/reset.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 checks an update capability instead of a reset capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a reset operation.

curso/reset.php en Moodle v2.1.x antes de v2.1.8, v2.2.x antes de v2.2.5 y v2.3.x antes de v2.3.2 comprueba una capacidad de actualización en lugar de una capacidad de restablecimiento (reset), lo que permite a usuarios remotos autenticados evitar las restricciones de acceso a través de una operación de restablecimiento (reset).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-21 CVE Reserved
2012-09-19 CVE Published
2024-09-16 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
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211558	X_refsource_confirm
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34519	2020-12-01

URL	Date	SRC

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"				2.1.0 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
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.5 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.5"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.6 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.6"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.1.7 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.1.7"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.2.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.2.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.2.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.2.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.2.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.2.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.2.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.2.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.3.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.3.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.3.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.3.1"		-		Affected