CVE-2016-2158 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Moodle versions through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3. When the 'forcelogin' feature is enabled, a remote attacker can leverage the guest role to make an Ajax request to lib/ajax/getnavbranch.php and obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and impact limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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