CVE-2023-5542
Published: 09 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-5542 is a low-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Moodle Moodle. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 49.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-2926
Vulnerability details
Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enforces rules governing access to the system and its data from external systems based on established trust relationships.
This control requires verifying that a sharing partner's access authorizations match the information's restrictions before sharing occurs.
Designating authorized individuals and mandating pre/post-publication reviews enforces access controls on who can publish content publicly.
Provides monitoring and protection against data mining patterns that exploit improper access controls to extract data.
Enforcing approved authorizations for information flows directly implements access control over data movements within and between systems.
Authorizing and reviewing internal connections enforces proper access control over system interfaces.
Identifying users with access to specific system components supports enforcement of proper access controls on information.
The control enforces access restrictions on media, directly mitigating improper access control weaknesses.