{"id":"CVE-2012-3391","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3391","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:44:03.527Z","title":"mod/forum/rsslib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly implement the requirement for posting before reading a Q&A forum, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the…","description":"mod/forum/rsslib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly implement the requirement for posting before reading a Q&A forum, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the student role and reading the RSS feed for a forum.","published":"2012-07-23T21:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.01137,"percentile":0.66324,"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 (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_22_STABLE&st=commit&s=MDL-32199","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49890","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76957","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_22_STABLE&st=commit&s=MDL-32199","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49890","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76957","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3391","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."}