| Description: | On the sites with enabled self-registration not registered users can retrieve fullname of registered users knowing their usernames |
| Issue summary: | User fullname disclosure through account confirmation link |
| Severity/Risk: | Serious |
| Versions affected: | 2.8 to 2.8.5, 2.7 to 2.7.7, 2.6 to 2.6.10 and earlier unsupported versions |
| Versions fixed: | 2.9, 2.8.6, 2.7.8 and 2.6.11 |
| Reported by: | Federico Kirschbaum |
| Issue no.: | MDL-50099 |
| Workaround: | Even partial patch (removing one line in /login/confirm.php) will also resolve security issue |
| CVE identifier: | CVE-2015-3176 |
| Changes (master): | http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50099 |
MSA-15-0020: User fullname disclosure through account confirmation link
by Marina Glancy -
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