CVE-2021-20282

MEDIUM

moodle 3.5.0-3.5.16 - Incorrect Authorization in User Account Verification

Title source: llm

Description

When creating a user account, it was possible to verify the account without having access to the verification email link/secret in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939046

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419653

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 38.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Products (4)

fedoraproject/fedora 32

fedoraproject/fedora 34

moodle/moodle 3.5 - 3.5.17Packagist

moodle/moodle 3.5.0 - 3.5.17

Published Mar 15, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026