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Moodle Reveals Student Information Meant To Be Anonymous

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 15, 2023

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.2
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.5
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.9

Patched versions

2.7.0
2.5.6
2.4.10

Description

The blind-marking implementation in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, and 2.6.x before 2.6.3 allows remote authenticated users to de-anonymize student identities by (1) using a screen reader or (2) reading the HTML source.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Aug 15, 2023
Last updated Aug 15, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(42nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0215

GHSA ID

GHSA-2fmv-j5xj-4fmq

Source code

No known source code
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