CVE-2016-5012

Publication date 20 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
moodle	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
moodle	Upstream: https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-54844

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

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