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CVE-2012-1159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1159 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Moodle versions prior to 2.2.2, specifically affecting the Overview report feature. This flaw allowed authenticated users to view hidden courses, impacting the confidentiality of course information. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), it has a low attack complexity and requires user authentication, leading to a limited impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

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
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 1.9.17
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-p9hr-f4xj-8w8rmedium

Moodle included private user files in course backups

Apr 23, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-1159
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-2012-1159
Third Party Advisory