{"id":"CVE-2011-4279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-4279","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:48:59.725Z","title":"Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as…","description":"Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google, Yahoo!, Wrensoft Zoom, MSN, Yandex, and AltaVista.","published":"2012-07-16T10:28:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:34:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.014,"percentile":0.72297,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81b58cc227cf96a1cd2e002cc210b7b3e376fd17","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170004","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4279","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}