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CVE-2024-43435:
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Overview
CVE-2024-43435 is a security vulnerability discovered in Moodle, disclosed on November 11, 2024. The vulnerability stems from insufficient capability checks that allow users with access to restore glossaries in courses to restore them into the global site glossary (NVD, Moodle Forum).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions (CWE-754). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows users with course-level glossary restore permissions to inappropriately restore glossaries into the global site glossary, potentially affecting the integrity of the site-wide glossary system (Moodle Forum).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Moodle versions 4.4.2, 4.3.6, 4.2.9, and 4.1.12. Users are advised to upgrade to these patched versions to mitigate the vulnerability (Moodle Forum).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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