CVE-2009-4299

N/A Unknown

Published: December 16, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139103

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37614

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes