Improper Access Control Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions >=2.6.0, <2.6.6>=2.7.0, <2.7.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-6189211
  • published25 Jan 2024
  • disclosed13 May 2022
  • creditPetr Skoda

Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2014-7834  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 2.6.6, 2.7.3 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control due to improper verification of group permissions in the forum_get_discussions web service. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to a forum by exploiting this permission validation issue.

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