Improper Authorization Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions >=3.5, <3.5.8>=3.6, <3.6.6>=3.7, <3.7.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-1088008
  • published21 Mar 2021
  • disclosed21 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Mar 2021

CVE-2019-14828  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 3.5.8, 3.6.6, 3.7.2 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization. Users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1