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CVE-2024-33996 (GCVE-0-2024-33996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-31 19:29 – Updated: 2024-08-02 02:42
VLAI
Title
moodle: broken access control when setting calendar event type
Summary
Incorrect validation of allowed event types in a calendar web service made it possible for some users to create events with types/audiences they did not have permission to publish to.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-01 13:14 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Moodle Moodle Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.3.3 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , ≤ 4.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 4.1 , ≤ 4.1.9 (semver)
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moodle moodle Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.3.3 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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moodle moodle Affected: 4.1.0 , ≤ 4.1.9 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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moodle moodle Affected: 4.2.0 , ≤ 4.2.6 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2024-05-20 09:00
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