CVE-2012-5480

medium
Published 2012-11-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

The Database activity module 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 attackers to bypass intended restrictions on reading other participants' entries via an advanced search.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

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=216160

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
moodlemoodle2.1.0
moodlemoodle2.1.1
moodlemoodle2.1.2
moodlemoodle2.1.3
moodlemoodle2.1.4
moodlemoodle2.1.5
moodlemoodle2.1.6
moodlemoodle2.1.7
moodlemoodle2.1.8
moodlemoodle2.2.0
moodlemoodle2.2.1
moodlemoodle2.2.2
moodlemoodle2.2.3
moodlemoodle2.2.4
moodlemoodle2.2.5
moodlemoodle2.3.0
moodlemoodle2.3.1
moodlemoodle2.3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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