Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2019-10189
Published: July 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19214
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10189
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to change group permissions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of group membership rights. A remote authenticated teacher in an assignment group can modify group overrides for other groups in the same assignment
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10189
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 3.5.7, 3.6.5, 3.7.1