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CVE-2020-14321

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Incorrect authorization
8.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)39%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=407393 ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC