Low
Moodle: students can view other users in "only see own membership" groups
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-5542
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 15:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Moodle: students can view other users in "only see own membership" groups
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 9 Nov 2023, 19:27 UTC
Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.
osv:CVE-2023-5542
Complete source record
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