CVE-2016-2154

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    CVE-2016-2154

    Published: 22 May 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: admin/tool/monitor/lib.php in Event Monitor in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 does not consider the moodle/course:viewhiddencourses capability, which allows remote authenticated users to discover hidden course names by subscribing to a rule.

    References: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-51167, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330176

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 21db825b19e84bb24c0661b551a5069970e143c4
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.8.0
    2.8.1
    2.8.10
    2.8.2
    2.8.3
    2.8.4
    2.8.5
    2.8.6
    2.8.7
    2.8.8
    2.8.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High