What is GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm?

GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Moodle does not verify group permissions

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm cover?

GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2014-7834. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm?

GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm affects 2 products, including: composer/moodle/moodle:\u003e= 2.6.0, \u003c 2.6.6; composer/moodle/moodle:\u003e= 2.7.0, \u003c 2.7.3.

GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjmMedium

Moodle does not verify group permissions

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 13, 2022

Last Modified

January 24, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2014-7834 →

📋 Description

mod/forum/externallib.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.6 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not verify group permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to access a forum via the forum_get_discussions web service.

🎯 Affected products2

composer/moodle/moodle:>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
composer/moodle/moodle:>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.3

🔗 References (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7834
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275159
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45303
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/3aa9d93c7a78d14fa30e2afbfd8fa7e09bc9cb41
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/40afeb4044c9718bf175c347f0f9099a037ce9f0
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/79eda0e9a0d15ba1d87187ec712f96abd62748c1
https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-557f-2hv4-7jjm