CVE-2023-5549

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.59% (48th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.3–5.3

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · patrick@puiterwijk.orgexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 38nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle< 3.9.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle3.11.0 → 3.11.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle4.0.0 → 4.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle4.1.0 → 4.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle4.2.0 → 4.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami moodle< 3.9.24osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle3.11.0 → 3.11.17osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle4.0.0 → 4.0.11osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle4.1.0 → 4.1.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle4.2.0 → 4.2.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Packagist moodle/moodle< 4.3.0-rc2osvUSpkg:composer/moodle/moodle

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2701Moodle: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Moodle ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-fm5h-58g2-4m3fMoodle Improper Access Control vulnerability2023-11-09ghsa · osvUS
Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.
BIT-moodle-2023-5549Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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