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title: "CVE-2011-4287\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-4287

Publication date 16 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

admin/uploaduser\_form.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not force
password changes for autosubscribed users, which makes it easier for remote
attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the initial password
of a new user.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4287?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

moodle 2.0 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4287)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4287)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4287)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4287)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4287>