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Moodle does not consider the moodle/tag:edit capability before adding a tag

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 24, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 2.5.9
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.3

Patched versions

2.5.9
2.6.6
2.7.3

Description

tag/tag_autocomplete.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not consider the moodle/tag:edit capability before adding a tag, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via an AJAX request.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 24, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 24, 2024
Last updated Jan 24, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(48th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2014-7846

GHSA ID

GHSA-468q-9cmp-76wc

Source code

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