Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2019-14828
Published: September 16, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21132
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14828
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to software assigns teacher privileges by default to users that create courses. A remote authenticated user can gain unauthorized access to courses.
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14828
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 3.5.8, 3.6.6, 3.7.2