CVE-2012-4407

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-4407 · Published 19/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4407 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting moodle (moodle).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moodle moodle	`= 2.1.0= 2.1.1= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.4= 2.1.5= 2.1.6= 2.1.7= 2.2.0= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.3.0= 2.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

lib/filelib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 does not properly check the publication state of blog files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a blog entry that references a non-public file.

References

git.moodle.org/gw · Patch
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

moodle

= 2.1.0= 2.1.1= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.4= 2.1.5= 2.1.6= 2.1.7= 2.2.0= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.3.0= 2.3.1

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