CVE-2023-5550 — Code Injection in Moodle

CWE-94 — Code Injection5 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
CNA6.5
EPSS
1.5%
top 19.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
MoodleFedoraproject Extra Packages FOR Enterprise LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedNov 9

Description

In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmoodle/moodle3.11.0 — 3.11.17+4
▶Packagistmoodle/moodle4.3.0-beta — 4.3.0-rc2+5

Also affects: Fedora 38

Patches

Patch: git.moodle.org ↗Patch: moodle.org ↗Patch: git.moodle.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Moodle Code Injection vulnerability↗2023-11-09
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CVEList
Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments↗2023-11-09
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OSV
CVE-2023-5550: In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the w↗2023-11-09
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OSV
Moodle Code Injection vulnerability↗2023-11-09
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