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GHSA-948F-J464-RFJ2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-24 21:30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 16:58

Summary

Moodle may allow students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt

Details

In Moodle, insufficient limitations in some quiz web services made it possible for students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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      },
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            },
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              "fixed": "3.9.16"
            }
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        }
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  ],
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      "CWE-285"
    ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-24T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Moodle, insufficient limitations in some quiz web services made it possible for students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt.",
  "id": "GHSA-948f-j464-rfj2",
  "modified": "2023-03-30T16:58:35Z",
  "published": "2023-03-24T21:30:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40208"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/025e0297b65e6a8bd61efad0fdf36168c613f918"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commitdiff;h=025e0297b65e6a8bd61efad0fdf36168c613f918"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=438761"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Moodle may allow students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt"
}

CVE-2022-40208 (GCVE-0-2022-40208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-20 18:56

Summary

In Moodle, insufficient limitations in some quiz web services made it possible for students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-20 18:54 UTC

CWE

CWE-285

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=438761

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Moodle	Affected: affected 4.0 to 4.0.2, 3.11 to 3.11.8, 3.9 to 3.9.15 and earlier unsupported versions

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