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Moodle: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere (CVE-2023-30943)

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Moodle: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere (CVE-2023-30943)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/02/2023
Created
05/12/2023
Added
05/12/2023
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-4_1_3

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