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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:01

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Moodle: possible to set the preferred "start page" of other users

Details

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.

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            },
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              "introduced": "3.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.12"
            },
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            },
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            },
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  ],
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    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BIT-moodle-2023-23923",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:01:04.603Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=443274#p1782023"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23923"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Moodle: possible to set the preferred \"start page\" of other users"
}

CVE-2023-23923 (GCVE-0-2023-23923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 10:42

Title

Moodle: possible to set the preferred "start page" of other users

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

fedora

References

URL

Tags

	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162549
	https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=443274…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
			Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.1 (semver) Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.6 (semver) Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.12 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 3.9.19 (semver)

Credits

Upstream acknowledges Paul Holden as the original reporter.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2023-23923 (GCVE-0-2023-23923)

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