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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-14879

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).

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CVE-2019-14879
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1 Nov 2026, 07:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-14879

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jan 2020, 17:15 UTC

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).

osv:CVE-2019-14879
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14879",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-14879",
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    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.890513688Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14879"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438527,
  "published_at": "2020-01-07T17:15:11.517+00:00"
}