Privilege escalation in Moodle
CVE-2023-5549
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.
EPSS: 0.006 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Moodle
- Fedoraproject Extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux — versions 7.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- patrick@puiterwijk.org (Patch)
- patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- patrick@puiterwijk.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-5549?
- CVE-2023-5549 is a low-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2023-11-09.
- How severe is CVE-2023-5549?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-5549 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.