PT-2014-8312 · Moodle · Moodle

Frédéric Massart

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Published

2014-11-22

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Updated

2022-05-13

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CVE-2014-7846

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.11 Moodle versions 2.5.x before 2.5.9 Moodle versions 2.6.x before 2.6.6 Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.3
Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions. This is due to the tag/tag autocomplete.php file not considering the moodle/tag:edit capability before adding a tag, which can be exploited via an AJAX request.
Recommendations For versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.11, update to version 2.4.12 or later. For versions 2.5.x before 2.5.9, update to version 2.5.9 or later. For versions 2.6.x before 2.6.6, update to version 2.6.6 or later. For versions 2.7.x before 2.7.3, update to version 2.7.3 or later.

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-7846
GHSA-468Q-9CMP-76WC
MGASA-2014-0483

Affected Products

Moodle