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Moodle: lack of access control when using external methods for quiz overrides

Type: advisorySources: OSV

A flaw was found in moodle. External API access to Quiz can override contained insufficient access control.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-43430
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 22:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Moodle: lack of access control when using external methods for quiz overrides

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Nov 2024, 12:15 UTC

A flaw was found in moodle. External API access to Quiz can override contained insufficient access control.

osv:CVE-2024-43430
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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