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Moodle: (CVE-2019-3852): MSA-19-0009: get_with_capability_join/get_users_by_capability not aware of context freezing

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Moodle: (CVE-2019-3852): MSA-19-0009: get_with_capability_join/get_users_by_capability not aware of context freezing

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/19/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/19/2019
Modified
01/12/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in moodle before version 3.6.3. The get_with_capability_join and get_users_by_capability functions were not taking context freezing into account when checking user capabilities

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

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