CVE-2012-2359

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

admin/roles/override.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the teacher role and modifying their own capabilities, as demonstrated by obtaining the backup:userinfo capability.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 21, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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