Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:33613

Info

Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 33613
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 04 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 04 2009 11:19PM
Credit: Howard Miller
Vulnerable: Moodle moodle 1.9.3
Moodle moodle 1.8.7
Moodle moodle 1.8.5
Moodle moodle 1.8.4
Moodle moodle 1.8.3
Moodle moodle 1.8.2
Moodle moodle 1.9
Not Vulnerable: Moodle moodle 1.9.4
Moodle moodle 1.8.8

Discussion

Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Moodle is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to view arbitrary files in the context of the webserver process. This may aid in further attacks.

The following versions are affected:

Moodle 1.9x (prior to 1.9.4)
Moodle 1.8x (prior to 1.8.8)

Exploit / POC

Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

Solution / Fix

Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.


Moodle moodle 1.9

Moodle moodle 1.8.2

Moodle moodle 1.8.3

Moodle moodle 1.8.4

Moodle moodle 1.8.5

Moodle moodle 1.8.7

Moodle moodle 1.9.3

References

Moodle '/user/pix.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

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