Bypassing Due-Date Restrictions in Moodle's save_submission Function

CVE-2016-2159 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

The save_submission function in mod/assign/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended due-date restrictions by leveraging the student role for a web-service request.

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