Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2019
CVE-2019-3808
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.6 to 3.6.1, 3.5 to 3.5.3, 3.4 to 3.4.6, 3.1 to 3.1.15 and earlier unsupported versions
5.4
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.6 to 3.6.1, 3.5 to 3.5.3, 3.4 to 3.4.6, 3.1 to 3.1.15 and earlier unsupported versions. The 'manage groups' capability did not have the 'XSS risk' flag assigned to it, but does have that access in certain places. Note that the capability is intended for use by trusted users, and is only assigned to teachers and managers by default.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
3.1.0 through 3.1.15; 3.4.0 through 3.4.6; 3.5.0 through 3.5.3; 3.6.0; 3.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3808
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3808
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-64395
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3808
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=381228#p1536765
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