Medium severity · published Nov 11, 2024
CVE-2024-43435
A flaw was found in moodle
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient capability checks make it possible for users with access to restore glossaries in courses to restore them into the global site glossary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
before 4.1.12; 4.2.0 before 4.2.9; 4.3.0 before 4.3.6; 4.4.0 before 4.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43435
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43435
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304263
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461205
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