CVE-2014-3553

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

mod/forum/classes/post_form.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 does not enforce the moodle/site:accessallgroups capability requirement before proceeding with a post to all groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging two or more group memberships.

Affected products

Moodle: through 2.3.11; 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5 (+28)

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38990
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264268
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38990
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/21/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264268

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