Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-14828 (CCN-198748)

Assigned:2019-09-16
Published:2019-09-16
Updated:2021-03-22
Summary:A vulnerability was found in Moodle affecting 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.6 to 3.6.5, 3.5 to 3.5.7 and earlier unsupported versions, where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
3.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-285
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-14828

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
moodle-cve201914828-sec-bypass(198748)

Source: CCN
Type: Moodle Security Advisory MSA-19-0019
Course creation did not check the creator's role assignment capability before automatically assigning them as a teacher in the course

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    moodle moodle 3.5
    moodle moodle 3.5.4
    moodle moodle 3.6.2
    moodle moodle 3.6.1
    moodle moodle 3.6.3
    moodle moodle 3.5.5
    moodle moodle 3.5.6
    moodle moodle 3.7.1