CVE-2012-4403 (GCVE-0-2012-4403)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-19 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:01
VLAI
Summary
theme/yui_combo.php in Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.2 does not properly construct error responses for the drag-and-drop script, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by sending a request for a nonexistent resource and then reading the response.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 978 records in the last 180 days details
References
Show details on NVD website

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