GHSA-cwh2-q44x-5w3c BIT-moodle-2023-5548 CVE-2023-5548
Moodle Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability
- Severity
- 5.3 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.32%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 24.92% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- CWE-349 Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
- Fix
4.3.0-rc2- Upgrade moodle/moodle to this version or later
Description
Stronger revision number limitations were required on file serving endpoints to improve cache poisoning protection.
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| moodle/moodle | < 4.3.0-rc2 |
4.3.0-rc2 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
moodle/moodle Packagist → 4.3.0-rc2
- composer
composer require moodle/moodle:^4.3.0-rc2
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.
CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
The product, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.
References
Advisories
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Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-cg8j-5cr2-568q Moodle TeX formula editor is vulnerable to DoS through lack of execution time limits | Medium | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-ggxq-2mg9-8966 Moodle has a Remote Code Execution risk via file restore | High | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-8jrv-wx83-w3xj Moodle Inserts Sensitive Information Into Sent Data | Medium | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm Moodle has an authorization logic flaw | Critical | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-vwhw-vp9v-q9c9 Moodle vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting | Medium | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 Moodle Affected by Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts | High | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-qv78-6gpp-hm68 Moodle Open Redirect vulnerability | Medium | Also affects moodle/moodle |
| GHSA-qfh6-h7j6-fvjv Moodle formula injection vulnerability | High | Also affects moodle/moodle |
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