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medium 4.0

CVE-2014-7846 json

Moodle does not consider the moodle/tag:edit capability before adding a tag

published 2014-11-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-468q-9cmp-76wc , EUVD-2022-2314

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tag/tag_autocomplete.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not consider the moodle/tag:edit capability before adding a tag, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via an AJAX request.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.5.9, 2.6.6, 2.7.3

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-7846 updated cvss 4.3

moodle: security issues fixed in versions 2.7.3, 2.6.6 and 2.5.9

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<2.5.9
>=2.6.0, <2.6.6
>=2.7.0, <2.7.3
2.5.9
2.6.6
2.7.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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