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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-14828

A vulnerability was found in Moodle affecting 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.6 to 3.6.5, 3.5 to 3.5.7 and earlier unsupported versions, where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.

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CVE-2019-14828

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Mar 2021, 21:15 UTC

A vulnerability was found in Moodle affecting 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.6 to 3.6.5, 3.5 to 3.5.7 and earlier unsupported versions, where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.

osv:CVE-2019-14828
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14828",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-14828",
    "summary": "A vulnerability was found in Moodle affecting 3.7 to 3.7.1, 3.6 to 3.6.5, 3.5 to 3.5.7 and earlier unsupported versions, where users with the capability to create courses were assigned as a teacher in those courses, regardless of whether they had the capability to be automatically assigned that role.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-14828",
    "products": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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          "versions": [
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            "v3.5.4",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.336094006Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=391031"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440735,
  "published_at": "2021-03-19T21:15:11.87+00:00"
}