CVE-2023-5549 LOW

CVE-2023-5549: Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category

Weakness CWE-284

Published November 9, 2023

Last update August 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

3.3/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 9, 2023 CVE published

August 2, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5549 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html

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