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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2018-1134

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Moodle versions before 3.1.11, 3.2.x before 3.2.9, 3.3.x before 3.3.6, 3.4.x before 3.4.3 and 3.5.0-beta. Students who submitted assignments and exported them to portfolios can download any stored Moodle file by changing the download URL.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published