Moodle Matrix privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Moodle. This affects an unknown part of the component Matrix. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-43433. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Matrix. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in moodle. Matrix room membership and power levels are incorrectly applied and revoked for suspended Moodle users.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43433 since 08/13/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261482 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43433), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261482). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261482
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43433

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 +8 days 🔍
08/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/08/2025 +383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-43433 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275354

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2024 07:52
Updated: 09/08/2025 03:23
Changes: 08/21/2024 07:52 (48), 11/11/2024 14:45 (12), 09/08/2025 03:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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