ghsa-966m-m549-2878
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:13
Modified
2024-02-07 22:35
Summary
Moodle is vulnerable to unauthorized new accounts creation
Details

Moodle 1.8.x and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 can create new roles when restoring a course, which allows teachers to create new accounts even if they do not have the moodle/user:create capability.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.8.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2010-1616"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-07T22:35:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2010-04-29T21:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Moodle 1.8.x and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 can create new roles when restoring a course, which allows teachers to create new accounts even if they do not have the moodle/user:create capability.",
  "id": "GHSA-966m-m549-2878",
  "modified": "2024-02-07T22:35:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:13:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1616"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/55f5b2e8b84e6390c0917195d01a3b34c33ff398"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5d9ab024ac9c311c84716628cce9a124173a2e8b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5e934890c9fbe28bf89362d3eb6140208b5e3464"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b0ccfc5ce87f09d4df814b057f5e6820d37fdad1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d8ada21339ecc147eccaaae97678f5368ac05f8b"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://moodle.org/security"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-16658"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Moodle is vulnerable to unauthorized new accounts creation"
}


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