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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-9q29-jcjw-fw7h)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434511
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4, 3.7.7 and 3.5.13, teachers of a course were able to assign themselves the
manager role within that course. (CVE-2020-14321)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 434511
Version: Revision 1.3
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14321
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2022
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Moodle Teacher Enrollment Privilege Escalation to RCE)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-14321
cwe: CWE-863