Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48901

Medium

Published: 18 November 2024

Published
18 November 2024
Modified
20 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0023 45.9th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48901 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Moodle Moodle. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 45.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. Additional checks are required to ensure users can only access the schedule of a report if they have permission to edit that report.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

moodle
moodle
≤ 4.1.14 · 4.2.0 — 4.2.11 · 4.3.0 — 4.3.8

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.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Explicitly mandates authorizing remote access types before permitting connections, directly mitigating improper authorization.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

The control explicitly requires authorization of each wireless access type prior to permitting connections.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Mandating explicit authorization of mobile device connections reduces the risk of improper authorization decisions for system access.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Specifying access authorizations for each account and requiring approvals for account requests enforces proper authorization decisions.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-863

Requires explicit authorization for individuals to use external systems to access or handle organization-controlled information.

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