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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-1692
CVE-2020-1692:
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Moodle before version 3.7.2 is vulnerable to information exposure of service tokens for users enrolled in the same course. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2020-1692 and was discovered in late 2019, with public disclosure in February 2020 (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability allows users who have the ability to share HTML content to potentially access web service tokens of other users enrolled in the same course. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (NIST) to 8.1 (Red Hat), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to service tokens of users within the same course. This exposure could potentially allow attackers to impersonate other users or access their service-related functionalities within the Moodle platform (Red Hat Bugzilla).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in Moodle version 3.7.2. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk (CVE).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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