Medium
Moodle: can create global glossary without being admin
Type: advisorySources: OSV
A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient capability checks make it possible for users with access to restore glossaries in courses to restore them into the global site glossary.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-43435
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 01:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Moodle: can create global glossary without being admin
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 11 Nov 2024, 12:17 UTC
A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient capability checks make it possible for users with access to restore glossaries in courses to restore them into the global site glossary.
osv:CVE-2024-43435
Complete source record
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