MSA-12-0020: Forum subscription permission issue

MSA-12-0020: Forum subscription permission issue

by Michael de Raadt -
Number of replies: 0
Topic: Not enrolled users (admins...) are able to subscribe/unsubscribe themselves via mod/forum/index.php
Severity: Minor
Versions affected: 2.2 to 2.2.1+, 2.1 to 2.1.4+
Reported by: Eloy Lafuente
Issue no.: MDL-31426

CVE Identifier:

CVE-2012-1160
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-31426

Description:

Administrators and managers were able to subscribe to forums in courses they were not involved in without a permission check.