Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2022-40316

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2022-40316

Published: September 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67471
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40316
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the H5P activity attempts report does not respect group permissions when displaying information to non-editing teachers about attempts/users in groups they should not have access to. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-40316

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources