{"id":"CVE-2023-5549","aliases":["BIT-moodle-2023-5549","GHSA-fm5h-58g2-4m3f"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5549","summary":"Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category","details":"Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.","published":"2023-11-09T19:37:15.856Z","modified":"2026-07-15T01:49:21.794594142Z","cvss":{"score":3.3,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"moodle/moodle","fixedVersion":"4.3.0-rc2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-66730"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.moodle.org"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451590"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5549.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5549"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243451"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-15T01:49:21.794594142Z"}}