MSA-15-0025: Capability to manage own files is not respected in Web Services

MSA-15-0025: Capability to manage own files is not respected in Web Services

by Marina Glancy -
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Description: Users with the revoked capability 'moodle/user:manageownfiles' are still able to upload private files using deprecated function in Web Services
Issue summary: Users with the manageownfiles disabled are able to upload private files via Web Services
Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 2.8 to 2.8.5, 2.7 to 2.7.7, 2.6 to 2.6.10 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 2.9, 2.8.6, 2.7.8 and 2.6.11
Reported by: Juan Leyva
Issue no.: MDL-49994
CVE identifier: CVE-2015-3181
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49994