Moodle up to 3.5.6/3.6.4/3.7.0 Assignment Group access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.5.6/3.6.4/3.7.0. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Assignment Group Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-10189. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.5.6/3.6.4/3.7.0 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Assignment Group Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7. Teachers in an assignment group could modify group overrides for other groups in the same assignment.

The weakness was disclosed 07/31/2019 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-10189 since 03/27/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261289 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-10189), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.5.7, 3.6.5 or 3.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261289). The entries VDB-139066, VDB-139065 and VDB-139064 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261289
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-10189

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 3.5.7/3.6.5/3.7.1

Timelineinfo

03/27/2019 🔍
07/31/2019 +126 days 🔍
08/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/09/2025 +2231 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-10189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-10189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139067
SecurityFocus: 109271

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/01/2019 09:11
Updated: 09/09/2025 07:23
Changes: 08/01/2019 09:11 (58), 07/16/2020 15:45 (1), 11/14/2023 14:42 (4), 11/14/2023 14:44 (12), 09/09/2025 07:23 (18)
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