cve-2023-23923
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-17 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 10:42
Severity ?
Summary
The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists due to insufficient limitations on the "start page" preference. A remote attacker can set that preference for another user. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
References
patrick@puiterwijk.orghttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-76862Patch
patrick@puiterwijk.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162549Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
patrick@puiterwijk.orghttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=443274#p1782023Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-76862Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162549Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=443274#p1782023Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 4.1.0   ≤
Version: 4.0.0   ≤
Version: 3.11.0   ≤
Version: 0   ≤
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