CVE-2024-25983: Msa-24-0006: idor on dashboard comments block

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Insufficient checks in a web service made it possible to add comments to the comments block on another user's dashboard when it was not otherwise available (e.g., on their profile page).

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38
Moodle: from 4.1.0 before 4.1.9; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.6; from 4.3.0 before 4.3.3 — fixed in 4.1.9, 4.2.6, 4.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Moodle 4.1.9, 4.2.6, 4.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-78300
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264099
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KXGBYJ43BUEBUAQZU3DT5I5A3YLF47CB/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=455641
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-78300
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264099
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KXGBYJ43BUEBUAQZU3DT5I5A3YLF47CB/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=455641

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