Improper access control in Moodle - CVE-2016-3733
Published: April 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39161
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-2016-3733
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
The "restore teacher" feature in Moodle 3.0 through 3.0.3, 2.9 through 2.9.5, 2.8 through 2.8.11, 2.7 through 2.7.13, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to overwrite the course idnumber.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3733
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.19-1.el6, 2.9.6-1.fc23, 3.0.4-1.el7