Description
Moodle 1.8.x and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 can create new roles when restoring a course, which allows teachers to create new accounts even if they do not have the moodle/user:create capability.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://moodle.org/security/
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-16658
Scores
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Details
Status
published
Products (19)
moodle/moodle
1.8.1
moodle/moodle
1.8.2
moodle/moodle
1.8.3
moodle/moodle
1.8.4
moodle/moodle
1.8.5
moodle/moodle
1.8.6
moodle/moodle
1.8.7
moodle/moodle
1.8.8
moodle/moodle
1.8.9
moodle/moodle
1.8.10
... and 9 more
Published
Apr 29, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026