CVE-2009-4299
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
mod/glossary/showentry.php in the Glossary module for Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not properly perform access control, which allows attackers to read unauthorized Glossary entries via unknown vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4267)
- Published
- December 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4267 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle
References
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes(Patch)
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes(Patch)
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139103(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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