GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h

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    GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h

    Published: 17 Aug 2022Last Modified: 8 May 2025

    Summary: Moodle Incorrect Authorization vulnerability

    Details: In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4, 3.7.7 and 3.5.13, teachers of a course were able to assign themselves the manager role within that course.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14321, https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d07fb8b9e8bf47fe60ad2aea553329bd1fb96e37, https://github.com/moodle/moodle, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=407393

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moodle/moodle

    Purl: pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.9.0-beta
    Fixed -3.9.1

    Affected versions

    v3.9.0
    v3.9.0-beta
    v3.9.0-rc1
    v3.9.0-rc2
    v3.9.0-rc3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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