CVE-2012-5479

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Published 2012-11-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.5

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The Portfolio plugin in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.9, 2.2.x before 2.2.6, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute files via a modified Portfolio API callback.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216159

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-36346

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-33791

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
moodle	moodle	`2.1.0`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.1`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.2`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.3`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.4`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.5`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.6`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.7`
moodle	moodle	`2.1.8`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.0`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.1`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.2`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.3`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.4`
moodle	moodle	`2.2.5`
moodle	moodle	`2.3.0`
moodle	moodle	`2.3.1`
moodle	moodle	`2.3.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.