CVE-2023-5550
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.37% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- moodle/moodle · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72249Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243452Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451591Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72249Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243452Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451591Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.