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CVE-2012-1156

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1156 describes a vulnerability in Moodle versions prior to 2.2.2 where users' private files were inadvertently included in course backups. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), allows for high confidentiality impact through network-based attacks with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.2.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.1.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.0.8
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-358r-g2xw-7c83high

Moodle backs up private files

Apr 23, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-1156
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchVendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-1156
Third Party Advisory