CVE-2014-2572 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

mod/assign/externallib.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.2 does not properly handle assignment web-service parameters, which might allow remote authenticated users to modify grade metadata via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-03-22

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-1916	mod/assign/externallib.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.2 does not properly handle assignment web-service parameters, which might allow remote authenticated users to modify grade metadata via unspecified vectors.
Github GHSA	GHSA-267j-cwvg-j28c	Moodle attackers to modify grade metadata

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00312.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-43468
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/1
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=256425

History

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-03-22T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:35.712Z

Reserved: 2014-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2572

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-03-24T14:20:39.650

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2572

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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