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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2020-25701 BIT-moodle-2020-25701EUVD-2021-0644GHSA-c9hq-g4q8-w893

Privilage Escalation in moodle

Published Nov 19, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

If the upload course tool in Moodle was used to delete an enrollment method which did not exist or was not already enabled, the tool would erroneously enable that enrollment method. This could lead to unintended users gaining access to the course. Versions affected: 3.9 to 3.9.2, 3.8 to 3.8.5, 3.7 to 3.7.8, 3.5 to 3.5.14 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in moodle 3.9.3, 3.8.6, 3.7.9, 3.5.15, and 3.10.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— moodle Fixed in 3.9.3, Fixed in 3.8.6, Fixed in 3.7.9, Fixed in 3.5.15, Fixed in 3.10 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.3 3.9.3 GHSA-c9hq-g4q8-w893
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.6 3.8.6 GHSA-c9hq-g4q8-w893
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.9 3.7.9 GHSA-c9hq-g4q8-w893
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.5, < 3.5.15 3.5.15 GHSA-c9hq-g4q8-w893

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