Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2019-14879
Published: November 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22902
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14879
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 on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to Moodle does not properly revoke user privileges, when removing the cohort role. A remote authenticated user, whose privileges were revoked, still has access to associated capabilities.
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14879
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 3.5.9, 3.6.7, 3.7.3