Information disclosure in Moodle 3.x
Priority LOW 22CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
In Moodle 3.x, students can find out email addresses of other students in the same course. Using search on the Participants page, students could search email addresses of all participants regardless of email visibility. This allows enumerating and guessing emails of other students.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01159 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed moodle/moodle (Packagist): 3.1.9, 3.2.6, 3.3.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Moodle 3.x | Moodle 3.x | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | moodle/moodle (Packagist) | 3.1 to before 3.1.9 | 3.1.9 | Patch available | GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 |
| — | moodle/moodle (Packagist) | 3.2 to before 3.2.6 | 3.2.6 | Patch available | GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 |
| — | moodle/moodle (Packagist) | 3.3 to before 3.3.3 | 3.3.3 | Patch available | GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 |
- Moodle 3.x Vendor— Affected Moodle 3.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.1 to before 3.1.9 Fixed in 3.1.9 Patch available GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5
- moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.2 to before 3.2.6 Fixed in 3.2.6 Patch available GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5
- moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.3 to before 3.3.3 Fixed in 3.3.3 Patch available GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.1.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.2.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.3.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15110
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5
References
More Moodle vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-22468 moodle: unsafe direct use of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] in admin/tool/mfa/index.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-14741 In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-29071 Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2016-06653 Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-00259 SQL injection in moodle CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-16116 Path traversal in Moodle CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-15110 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-15110 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rjh8-w8jg-xwq5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-15110 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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