MSA-14-0043: Lack of group check in web service for Forum

MSA-14-0043: Lack of group check in web service for Forum

by Marina Glancy -
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Description: When using the web service function for Forum discussions, group permissions were not checked.
Issue summary: forum_get_discussions web service misses group permissions check
Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 2.7 to 2.7.2, 2.6 to 2.6.5
Versions fixed: 2.8, 2.7.3 and 2.6.6
Reported by: Petr Skoda
Issue no.: MDL-45303
Workaround: Do not enable web service function mod_forum_get_discussions
CVE identifier: CVE-2014-7834
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45303