PT-2021-8978 · Moodle+1 · Moodle+1

Andrew Nicols · Published 2019-09-11 · Updated 2021-03-22 · CVE-2019-14828

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 3.7 through 3.7.1 Moodle versions 3.6 through 3.6.5 Moodle versions 3.5 through 3.5.7 Moodle versions prior to 3.5

Description A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.

Recommendations For versions 3.7 through 3.7.1, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For versions 3.6 through 3.6.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For versions 3.5 through 3.5.7, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 3.5, update to a version 3.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2681

ALT-PU-2019-2843

CVE-2019-14828

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Moodle

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14828 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=391031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14828 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/25204 · Telegram Post