Authorization Bypass Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <3.9.16>=3.11.0, <3.11.9>=4.0.0, <4.0.3


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-3373056
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed24 Mar 2023
  • creditomaralbalouli

Introduced: 24 Mar 2023

CVE-2022-40208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 3.9.16, 3.11.9, 4.0.3 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass. Moodle may allow students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt. In Moodle, insufficient limitations in some quiz web services made it possible for students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1