MSA-17-0021: Students can find out email addresses of other students in the same course

MSA-17-0021: Students can find out email addresses of other students in the same course

by Marina Glancy -
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Using search on Participants page students could search email addresses of all participants regardless of email visibility. This allows to enumerate and guess emails of other students


Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 3.3 to 3.3.2, 3.2 to 3.2.5, 3.1 to 3.1.8 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 3.4, 3.3.3, 3.2.6 and 3.1.9
Reported by: Tim Schroeder
Workaround: Prohibit capability 'moodle/course:viewparticipants' (View participants) for Student role until Moodle is upgraded
CVE identifier: CVE-2017-15110
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-60550
Tracker issue: MDL-60550 Students can find out email addresses of other students who set theirs to "hidden"