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Moodle Arbitrary File Read via Backup Functionality

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 29, 2023

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

= 2.4
>= 2.3, <= 2.3.3
>= 2.2, <= 2.2.6
>= 2.1, <= 2.1.9

Patched versions

2.4.1
2.3.4
2.2.7
2.1.10

Description

The moodle1 backup converter in backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly validate pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by leveraging the backup-restoration feature.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 27, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Dec 29, 2023
Last updated Dec 29, 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.
(43rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-6099

GHSA ID

GHSA-cr78-rphw-w73p

Source code

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