Moodle Glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2016-5012 · GHSA-g58x-p3pj-rg52 · Published 20/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5012 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting moodle/moodle, moodle (moodle).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moodle/moodle Packagist	`≥ 3.1, < 3.1.1`	`3.1.1`
moodle moodle	`= 3.1.0`	No fix yet

In Moodle 3.x, glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them.

NVD description

In Moodle 3.x, glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

Packagist

≥ 3.1, < 3.1.1

3.1.1

= 3.1.0

No fix yet

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