GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h/GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h
Aliases
Published
2022-08-17T00:00:17Z
Modified
2025-05-08T18:42:26.765889Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moodle Incorrect Authorization vulnerability
Details

In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4, 3.7.7 and 3.5.13, teachers of a course were able to assign themselves the manager role within that course.

Database specific 
{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-08T17:35:51Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-16T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.9.0-beta
Fixed
3.9.1

Affected versions

v3.*

v3.9.0-beta
v3.9.0-rc1
v3.9.0-rc2
v3.9.0-rc3
v3.9.0

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.8.0-beta
Fixed
3.8.4

Affected versions

v3.*

v3.8.0-beta
v3.8.0-rc1
v3.8.0
v3.8.1
v3.8.2
v3.8.3

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.0-beta
Fixed
3.7.7

Affected versions

v3.*

v3.6.0-beta
v3.6.0-rc1
v3.6.0-rc2
v3.6.0-rc3
v3.6.0
v3.6.1
v3.6.2
v3.6.3
v3.6.4
v3.6.5
v3.6.6
v3.6.7
v3.6.8
v3.6.9
v3.6.10
v3.7.0-beta
v3.7.0-rc1
v3.7.0-rc2
v3.7.0
v3.7.1
v3.7.2
v3.7.3
v3.7.4
v3.7.5
v3.7.6

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.13

Affected versions

v2.*

v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v2.3.10
v2.3.11
v2.4.0-rc1
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4.6
v2.4.7
v2.4.8
v2.4.9
v2.4.10
v2.4.11
v2.5.0-beta
v2.5.0-rc1
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.5
v2.5.6
v2.5.7
v2.5.8
v2.5.9
v2.6.0-beta
v2.6.0-rc1
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.6.4
v2.6.5
v2.6.6
v2.6.7
v2.6.8
v2.6.9
v2.6.10
v2.6.11
v2.7.0-beta
v2.7.0-rc1
v2.7.0-rc2
v2.7.0
v2.7.1
v2.7.2
v2.7.3
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.7.9
v2.7.10
v2.7.11
v2.7.12
v2.7.13
v2.7.14
v2.7.15
v2.7.16
v2.7.17
v2.7.18
v2.7.19
v2.7.20
v2.8.0-beta
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.8.3
v2.8.4
v2.8.5
v2.8.6
v2.8.7
v2.8.8
v2.8.9
v2.8.10
v2.8.11
v2.8.12
v2.9.0-beta
v2.9.0-rc1
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1
v2.9.2
v2.9.3
v2.9.4
v2.9.5
v2.9.6
v2.9.7
v2.9.8
v2.9.9

v3.*

v3.0.0-beta
v3.0.0-rc1
v3.0.0-rc2
v3.0.0-rc3
v3.0.0-rc4
v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.4
v3.0.5
v3.0.6
v3.0.7
v3.0.8
v3.0.9
v3.0.10
v3.1.0-beta
v3.1.0-rc1
v3.1.0-rc2
v3.1.0
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.1.3
v3.1.4
v3.1.5
v3.1.6
v3.1.7
v3.1.8
v3.1.9
v3.1.10
v3.1.11
v3.1.12
v3.1.13
v3.1.14
v3.1.15
v3.1.16
v3.1.17
v3.1.18
v3.2.0-beta
v3.2.0-rc1
v3.2.0-rc2
v3.2.0-rc3
v3.2.0-rc4
v3.2.0-rc5
v3.2.0
v3.2.1
v3.2.2
v3.2.3
v3.2.4
v3.2.5
v3.2.6
v3.2.7
v3.2.8
v3.2.9
v3.3.0-beta
v3.3.0-rc1
v3.3.0-rc2
v3.3.0-rc3
v3.3.0
v3.3.1
v3.3.2
v3.3.3
v3.3.4
v3.3.5
v3.3.6
v3.3.7
v3.3.8
v3.3.9
v3.4.0-beta
v3.4.0-rc1
v3.4.0-rc2
v3.4.0-rc3
v3.4.0
v3.4.1
v3.4.2
v3.4.3
v3.4.4
v3.4.5
v3.4.6
v3.4.7
v3.4.8
v3.4.9
v3.5.0-beta
v3.5.0-rc1
v3.5.0
v3.5.1
v3.5.2
v3.5.3
v3.5.4
v3.5.5
v3.5.6
v3.5.7
v3.5.8
v3.5.9
v3.5.10
v3.5.11
v3.5.12