{"id":"CVE-2012-2359","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2359","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:50.711Z","title":"admin/roles/override.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the teacher role and modifying their own capabilities, as demonstrated by obtaining the…","description":"admin/roles/override.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the teacher role and modifying their own capabilities, as demonstrated by obtaining the backup:userinfo capability.","published":"2012-07-21T03:38:56.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.01117,"percentile":0.65868,"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 (1.12%). 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=0f75e1e6272db0303abc8e27362e5c3a1344b82f","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f75e1e6272db0303abc8e27362e5c3a1344b82f","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2359","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."}