CVE-2023-28336 Moodle: teacher can access names of users they do not have permission to access

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Teachers can view names of unauthorized users via grade report history, exposing private user data in Moodle.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-28336?

CVE-2023-28336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 23 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient filtering of grade report history made it possible for teachers to access the names of users they could not otherwise access.

Weakness: CWE-668, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28336?

9 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle and moodle. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions3.9.20
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions3.9.20
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.11.03.11.13
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.11.03.11.13
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.0.04.0.7
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.0.04.0.7
3 more packages
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.1.04.1.2
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.1.04.1.2
moodle BitnamiFrom 3.9.03.9.20, 3.11.13, 4.0.7, 4.1.2

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2023-28336?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.9.20, 3.11.13, 4.0.7 or 4.1.2.

Is CVE-2023-28336 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2023-28336, GHSA-prjm-2fj2-787f, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28336.

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