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CVE-2016-5012

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5012 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Moodle 3.x where the glossary search function displays entries without proper user permission checks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) allows an unauthenticated attacker to view restricted glossary content with low attack complexity, resulting in a potential loss of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.1.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-g58x-p3pj-rg52medium

Moodle Glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them

May 17, 2022

References

moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92041
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry