Bypassing Individual Answer-Posting Requirement and Discovering Author's Username in Moodle Q&A Forum

CVE-2014-3617 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

The forum_print_latest_discussions function in mod/forum/lib.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the individual answer-posting requirement without the mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting capability, and discover an author's username, by leveraging the student role and visiting a Q&A forum.

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