High severity · published Dec 8, 2020
CVE-2020-25629
A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration…
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This affects 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4, 3.7 to 3.7.7, 3.5 to 3.5.13 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in 3.9.2, 3.8.5, 3.7.8 and 3.5.14.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
3.5.0 before 3.5.14; 3.7.0 before 3.7.8; 3.8.0 before 3.8.5; 3.9.0 before 3.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25629
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=410841
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