Improper access control in Moodle - CVE-2024-25980

 

Improper access control in Moodle - CVE-2024-25980

Published: February 23, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86747
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25980
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to separate groups mode restrictions are not honoured in the H5P attempts report. A remote user can bypass implemented security restrictions and display users from other groups.


Affected software

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

How to mitigate CVE-2024-25980

Install updates from vendor's website.

Moodle - addressed in versions 4.1.9, 4.2.6, 4.3.3
moodle - update to 4.1.9-1.fc38

External References

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