GHSA-966m-m549-2878
Moodle is vulnerable to unauthorized new accounts creation
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.12 | 1.8.12 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.8 | 1.9.8 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Moodle 1.8.x and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 can create new roles when restoring a course, which allows teachers to create new accounts even if they do not have the moodle/user:create capability.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1616
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/55f5b2e8b84e6390c0917195d01a3b34c33ff398
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5d9ab024ac9c311c84716628cce9a124173a2e8b
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5e934890c9fbe28bf89362d3eb6140208b5e3464
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b0ccfc5ce87f09d4df814b057f5e6820d37fdad1
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d8ada21339ecc147eccaaae97678f5368ac05f8b
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://moodle.org/security
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-16658
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107