CVE-2019-14828 Privilege escalation in Moodle
Users with course creation rights are automatically assigned teacher roles, allowing unauthorized privilege escalation within the Moodle learning platform.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-14828?
CVE-2019-14828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 19 Mar 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Moodle affecting 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.6 to 3.6.5, 3.5 to 3.5.7 and earlier unsupported versions, where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14828?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14828?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-14828 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14828 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle
- CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id
- CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c6g7-c2cg-grhj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14828.