| Description: | Normally in Moodle web interface non-admin users with capability to edit other users can not edit information about admins, this was not respected in one of the web services. This can only be a security vulnerability if this WS was exposed to some external service; it is not exposed to the mobile app |
| Issue summary: | Prevent some users to be updated by update_users ws |
| Severity/Risk: | Minor |
| Versions affected: | 3.1 to 3.1.2, 3.0 to 3.0.6, 2.9 to 2.9.8, 2.8 to 2.8.12, 2.7 to 2.7.16 and earlier unsupported versions |
| Versions fixed: | 3.1.3, 3.0.7, 2.9.9 and 2.7.17 |
| Reported by: | Juan Leyva |
| Issue no.: | MDL-56065 |
| CVE identifier: | CVE-2016-8643 |
| Changes (master): | http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-56065 |
MSA-16-0024: Non-admin site managers may accidentally edit admins via web services
by Marina Glancy -
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