# CVE-2023-30944: Moodle: minor sql injection risk in external wiki method for listing pages

- Also known as: GHSA-7MMC-22G7-3XQ2, BIT-MOODLE-2023-30944
- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.3, 4.0.8, 3.11.14, 3.9.21, 4.2.0-rc2
- Published: 2023-05-02 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- moodle: from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.3; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.8; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.14; fixed in 3.9.21
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): fixed in 4.2.0-rc2

## Description

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in external Wiki method for listing pages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute limited SQL commands within the application database.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on moodle, moodle/moodle, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.3, 4.0.8, 3.11.14, 3.9.21, 4.2.0-rc2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-77187
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188606
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54TM5H5PDUDYXOQ7X7PPYWP4AJDAE73I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZBWRVUJF7HI53XCJPJ3YJZPOV5HBRUY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBFSXRYLT4ICKJVQSRBAOUDMDRVSVBLS/
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=446286

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