MSA-15-0004: Information leak through messaging functions in web-services

MSA-15-0004: Information leak through messaging functions in web-services

by Marina Glancy -
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Description: Through web-services it was possible to access messaging-related functions such as people search even if messaging is disabled on the site
Issue summary: Messages external functions doesn't check if messaging is enabled
Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 2.8 to 2.8.1, 2.7 to 2.7.3, 2.6 to 2.6.6 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 2.8.2, 2.7.4 and 2.6.7
Reported by: Juan Leyva
Issue no.: MDL-48329
Workaround: Disable web services or disable individual message-related functions
CVE identifier: CVE-2015-0214
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48329