Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:44238Improper Access Control
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
20.8%
moodle/moodle is vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient checks when updating the parent of a course category in the update_categories function of externallib.php. This could potentially allow unauthorized users to perform actions or modifications they should not be allowed to do.
References
git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-66730
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243451
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fm5h-58g2-4m3f
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1c2bdf454a99dec06147437f1fd5aeaa7ada48e7
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5316b55716a72b943d4581ea9a7b68cd9785ac41
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5a765e124c950b1e4313c9bf96ea2dd194f65c75
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/691c09afacc2d3ff4cc1ab76fc94fb05ea9a70ff
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/86d104b033e6b847fd9c42550aef040c61c630d7
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/e2452a4b3c0f9c3251549dc7e961bd7df364f632
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451590
Related
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
20.8%