CVE-2012-4408: Moodle

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

course/reset.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 checks an update capability instead of a reset capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a reset operation.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: version 2.1.0 only; version 2.1.1 only; version 2.1.2 only; version 2.1.3 only; version 2.1.4 only; version 2.1.5 only; …

Published 2012-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.