Moodle up to 3.5.12/3.7.6/3.8.3/3.9.0 Manager Role improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Moodle up to 3.5.12/3.7.6/3.8.3/3.9.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Manager Role Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-14321. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.5.12/3.7.6/3.8.3/3.9.0 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Manager Role Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4, 3.7.7 and 3.5.13, teachers of a course were able to assign themselves the manager role within that course.

The weakness was released 08/17/2022. The advisory is shared at moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-14321 since 06/17/2020. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.5.13, 3.7.7, 3.8.4 or 3.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 3.5.12
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.7.0
• 3.7.1
• 3.7.2
• 3.7.3
• 3.7.4
• 3.7.5
• 3.7.6
• 3.8
• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1
• 3.8.2
• 3.8.3
• 3.9.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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