Improper Authorization Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <3.6.7>=3.7.0-beta, <3.7.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-6809180
  • published6 May 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditJuan Leyva

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2019-14883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 3.6.7, 3.7.3 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization due to missing checks for a deactivated user's email media URL tokens in the require_user_key_login() function. An attacker in possession of a specific file path and a valid token can expose inline attachments in email notifications.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1