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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2023-5549 json

Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category

published 2023-11-09 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also BIT-moodle-2023-5549 , EUVD-2023-2959 , GHSA-fm5h-58g2-4m3f

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 4.3.0-rc2
  • bitnami moodle 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3
  • moodle moodle 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-5549 updated cvss 3.3

moodle: Insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<4.3.0-rc2
4.3.0-rc2
bitnami moodle
<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
3.9.24
3.11.17
4.0.11
4.1.6
4.2.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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