CVE-2009-4299

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4299
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-16 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmod/glossary/showentry.php in the Glossary module for Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not properly perform access control, which allows attackers to read unauthorized Glossary entries via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.10 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.4 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.5 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.7 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.8 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.9 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.4 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.5 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: moodle-1.9.7-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Moodle.org: MSA-09-0024: Insufficient access control in glossary af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 moodle.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Moodle 1.8.11 release notes - MoodleDocs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.moodle.org Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: moodle-1.9.7-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: moodle-1.9.7-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Moodle 1.9.7 release notes - MoodleDocs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.moodle.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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