CVE-2023-5549 Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category

2023-11-0919:37:15

CWE-284

fedora

www.cve.org

moodle

capability checks

category management

cve-2023-5549

web service

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.8%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.2.0",
        "lessThan": "4.2.3",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.1.0",
        "lessThan": "4.1.6",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.0.0",
        "lessThan": "4.0.11",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.11.0",
        "lessThan": "3.11.17",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.9.24",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "moodle",
    "collectionURL": "https://git.moodle.org",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]