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Moodle vulnerable to RCE

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 21, 2023

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 3.8, <= 3.8.2
>= 3.7, <= 3.7.5
>= 3.6, <= 3.6.9
>= 3.5, <= 3.5.11

Patched versions

3.8.3
3.7.6
3.6.10
3.5.12

Description

A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 21, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jul 13, 2023
Last updated Aug 21, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-10738

GHSA ID

GHSA-vr6v-g96p-cjc3

Source code

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