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CVE-2016-5013: Injection Vulnerability

January 20, 2017 (updated January 25, 2017)

In Moodle, text injection can occur in email headers, potentially leading to outbound spam.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/92040
  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=336698
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5013

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.7.14, all versions starting from 2.8 up to 2.8.12, all versions starting from 2.9 up to 2.9.6, all versions starting from 3.0 up to 3.0.4, version 3.1.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.7.15
  • 2.9.7
  • 3.0.5
  • 3.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.7.15, 2.9.7, 3.0.5, 3.1.1 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Source file

packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2016-5013.yml

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