CVE-2012-1168
HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: November 14, 2019 at 03:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxMoodle
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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Moodle before 2.2.2 has a password and web services issue where when the user profile is updated the user password is reset if not specified.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≥ 2.0v ≥ 2.1v ≥ 2.2v < 2.2.2
Affected range stops below 2.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.htmlx_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1168x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1168x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198622CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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