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GHSA-f5r8-7h4f-jr9x

Moodle incorrect access control

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2020-25629

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.9, < 3.9.2 3.9.2
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.8, < 3.8.5 3.8.5
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.7, < 3.7.8 3.7.8
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.5, < 3.5.14 3.5.14

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This affects 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4, 3.7 to 3.7.7, 3.5 to 3.5.13 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in 3.9.2, 3.8.5, 3.7.8 and 3.5.14.

References

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