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A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
mod/forum/classes/post_form.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 does not enforce the moodle/site:accessallgroups capability requirement before proceeding with a post to all groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging two or more group memberships.
The weakness was published 07/29/2014 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at git.moodle.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-3553 since 05/14/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122523 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2014-8609)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (94729). Similar entries are available at 70494, 70493, 70490 and 70489.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.3.9
- 2.3.10
- 2.3.11
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.10
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.7
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 867240
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2014-10802
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Patch: git.moodle.org
Timeline
05/14/2014 🔍07/21/2014 🔍
07/21/2014 🔍
07/29/2014 🔍
07/29/2014 🔍
08/14/2014 🔍
03/26/2015 🔍
06/04/2017 🔍
Sources
Product: moodle.orgAdvisory: git.moodle.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3553 (🔍)
X-Force: 94729
Vulnerability Center: 45859 - Moodle Remote Security Bypass Allows Unprivileged Forum Group Posting, Medium
SecurityFocus: 68772 - Moodle Forum CVE-2014-3553 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/26/2015 12:07Updated: 06/04/2017 10:53
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (64), 06/04/2017 10:53 (4)
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