CVE-2023-5550GHSA-5CVX-CWPX-9RJHBIT-MOODLE-2023-5550
Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.2.3, 4.1.6, 4.0.11, 3.11.17, 3.9.24, and 1 more
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- moodle
From 4.2.0 · fixed in 4.2.3; From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.6; From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.11; From 3.11.0 · fixed in 3.11.17; fixed in 3.9.24
- moodle/moodlePackagist
From 4.3.0-beta · fixed in 4.3.0-rc2
- moodle/moodlePackagist
From 4.2.0 · fixed in 4.2.3
- moodle/moodlePackagist
From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.6
- moodle/moodlePackagist
From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.11
- moodle/moodlePackagist
From 3.10.0 · fixed in 3.11.17
- moodle/moodlePackagist
fixed in 3.9.24