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Vulnerability details: VCID-64ay-tybp-qfhw
Vulnerability ID VCID-64ay-tybp-qfhw
Aliases CVE-2019-14879
GHSA-g9m2-c2x5-fr2v
Summary Moodle does not revoke role capabilities correctly A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked (where applicable).
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00205 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14879
epss 0.00205 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14879
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14879
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14879
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7b5f4a62c18fd5bad6956828aade23e1f15b4be3
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7b5f4a62c18fd5bad6956828aade23e1f15b4be3
cvssv2 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14879
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14879
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7b5f4a62c18fd5bad6956828aade23e1f15b4be3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-g9m2-c2x5-fr2v https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g9m2-c2x5-fr2v
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14879
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7b5f4a62c18fd5bad6956828aade23e1f15b4be3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14879
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.4303
EPSS Score 0.00205
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:17.705210+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-g9m2-c2x5-fr2v/GHSA-g9m2-c2x5-fr2v.json 36.1.3