CVE-2011-4279

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 16, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-4279: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix