CVE-2016-2151 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2016-2151

user/index.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before...

Vulnerability Description

user/index.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 grants excessive authorization on the basis of the moodle/course:viewhiddenuserfields capability, which allows remote authenticated users to discover student e-mail addresses by leveraging the teacher role and reading a Participants list.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2016-2151

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from moodle

View All →
CVE-2021-36568
In certain Moodle products after creating a course, it is...
Medium 5.4
CVE-2021-32244
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Moodle 3.10.3 allows remote attackers...
Medium 5.4
CVE-2021-27131
Moodle 3.10.1 is vulnerable to persistent/stored cross-site scripting (XSS) due...
Medium 5.4
CVE-2019-6970
Moodle 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allows SSRF....
High 7.5
CVE-2019-18210
Persistent XSS in /course/modedit.php of Moodle through 3.7.2 allows authenticated...
Medium 5.4

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

moodle
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8, 2.7.9, 2.7.10, 2.7.11, 2.7.12, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6, 2.8.7, 2.8.8, 2.8.9, 2.8.10, 2.9.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3, 2.9.4, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 22nd, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.