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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-10890

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7, 3.1.13. It was possible for the core_course_get_categories web service to return hidden categories, which should be omitted when fetching course categories.

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CVE-2018-10890
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1 Nov 2026, 08:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-10890

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jul 2018, 18:29 UTC

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7, 3.1.13. It was possible for the core_course_get_categories web service to return hidden categories, which should be omitted when fetching course categories.

osv:CVE-2018-10890
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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