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

2023-11-0919:37:15

CWE-284

fedora

github.com

moodle

capability checks

course category

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

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

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"
  }
]