An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. Students who submitted assignments and exported them to portfolios can download any stored Moodle file by changing the download URL.
Weakness
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moodle | Moodle | 3.1.0 (including) | 3.1.11 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 3.2.0 (including) | 3.2.8 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 3.3.0 (including) | 3.3.5 (including) |
| Moodle | Moodle | 3.4.0 (including) | 3.4.2 (including) |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Moodle | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html