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CVE-2018-10889: Moodle: Unintentional Exposure of User Interaction in Data Exports
CVE-2018-10889 · published 8 years ago
Summary
Moodle versions prior to 3.5.1, 3.4.4, and 3.3.7 may leak information about interactions between users. This could potentially reveal sensitive information about other users to those who export data. To address this, update to the latest version of Moodle or configure data privacy exports to exclude logs.
What to do
- Update moodle moodle to version 3.5.1.
- Update moodle moodle to version 3.4.4.
- Update moodle moodle to version 3.3.7.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | moodle | moodle |
3.5 3.4.3 >= 3.3, <= 3.3.6 Fix: upgrade to 3.5.1
|
| – | moodle | moodle |
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.7 >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.4 >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7. No option existed to omit logs from data privacy exports, which may contain details of other users who interacted with the requester.
A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7. No option existed to omit logs from data privacy exports, which may contain details of other users who interacted with the requester.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10889
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10889
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=373369
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/720d5b3b8559a97b7d6dd77351fb8d1cd8890f14
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210124185814/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1047...
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmvq-q9h8-7j4g
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104733 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
60 days
- Not known to be exploited
- Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Type
CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Timeline
Published10 Jul 2018
Updated29 Oct 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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