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Moodle Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Vulnerability (CVE-2019-14879)

Description

A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked (where applicable).

Remediation

References

CVE-2019-14879

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2019-14879 CWE-273 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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