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CVE-2023-5550

Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments

Published: Nov 9, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-94
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-94NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
extra packages for enterprise linuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Мартин Догиамас
individual-dev·AUaka martin dogiamas
MoodleOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
moodle
oss-project·AUaka lms, jmol plugin
moodleOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Packagist
package-ecosystem
moodle/moodleWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451591
moodle.org
http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
repo.red-soft.ru
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72249
git.moodle.org
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