Bug 1692927 (CVE-2019-3851) - CVE-2019-3851 moodle: Secure layout contained an insecure link in Boost theme
Summary: CVE-2019-3851 moodle: Secure layout contained an insecure link in Boost theme
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2019-3851
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1692930 1692931
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-03-26 17:05 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2023-07-24 02:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: moodle 3.6.3, moodle 3.5.5
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:52:09 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2019-03-26 17:05:49 UTC
A vulnerability was found in moodle before versions 3.6.3 and 3.5.5. There was a link to site home within the the Boost theme's secure layout, meaning students could navigate out of the page.


Upstream Bug:
https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-64706

Upstream Patch:
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-64706

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2019-03-26 17:05:52 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Martin von Löwis, Luca Bösch

Comment 2 Laura Pardo 2019-03-26 17:05:55 UTC
External References:

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=384014#p1547746

Comment 3 Laura Pardo 2019-03-26 17:06:15 UTC
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1692931]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1692930]

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:52:09 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.

Comment 5 Garry Sandu 2023-07-24 02:42:14 UTC
Ensuring a secure browsing experience for all users is of utmost importance, and it's concerning to find that the Boost theme's layout contained an insecure link. Insecure links can potentially expose users to security risks, data breaches, and other vulnerabilities. Just like students really feel insecure while using any writing platforms but when it comes on Edubirdie they always check  https://www.aresearchguide.com/edubirdie-review.html site to see what people think about it because there are many reviews of the previous users who actually experienced its writers.


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