CVE-2011-4293
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The theme implementation in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.4 and 2.1.x before 2.1.1 triggers duplicate caching of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript content, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to an operating-system temporary directory via unspecified vectors.
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affected products (8)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-wxvp-8q8h-r6rrMoodle Double-Caches Content, Potentially Writing to a File System's Tmp Directory2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The theme implementation in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.4 and 2.1.x before 2.1.1 triggers duplicate caching of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript content, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to an operating-system temporary directory via unspecified vectors.
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references (9)
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- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=e1c2a211f259821910be2cba23679d4176fb00a3cnnvd
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=182736cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1cnnvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1c2a211f259821910be2cba23679d4176fb00a3enisa_euvd
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=182736enisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1enisa_euvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1c2a211f259821910be2cba23679d4176fb00a3nvd
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=182736Vendor Advisorynvd
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