CVE-2023-5549
Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-5549
To remediate CVE-2023-5549, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/moodle—upgrade to 3.9.24 or later
- —upgrade to 4.3.0-rc2 or later
Is CVE-2023-5549 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.9.24, >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.17, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.11, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.6, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.3
- from 0, < 4.3.0-rc2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |