Improper Authorization in Moodle - CVE-2019-14883
Published: November 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22906
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14883
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.
The vulnerability exists due to Moodle does not invalidate tokens after account expiration. A remote attacker that has a valid email media URL token and knows a file path of the attachment can access email attachments after account expiration.
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14883
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 3.6.7, 3.7.3