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Moodle Improper Access Control vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 9, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 17, 2023

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 4.3.0-rc2

Patched versions

4.3.0-rc2

Description

Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 9, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 9, 2023
Reviewed Nov 10, 2023
Last updated Nov 17, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-5549

GHSA ID

GHSA-fm5h-58g2-4m3f

Source code

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