Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package moodle  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-MOODLE-636948
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed29 Jul 2013

Introduced: 29 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-2242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream moodle package and not the moodle package as distributed by Ubuntu.

mod/chat/gui_sockets/index.php in Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 does not consider the mod/chat:chat capability before authorizing daemon-mode chat, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via an HTTP session to a chat server.