CVE-2024-25983 Msa-24-0006: idor on dashboard comments block

What is CVE-2024-25983?

CVE-2024-25983 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 19 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient checks in a web service made it possible to add comments to the comments block on another user's dashboard when it was not otherwise available (e.g., on their profile page).

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25983?

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

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2024-25983?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 4.1.9, 4.2.6 or 4.3.3.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-25983 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-moodle-2024-25983, GHSA-9r26-5w88-qhp9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25983.