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CVE-2023-5548: Moodle Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability

November 9, 2023 (updated November 16, 2023)

Stronger revision number limitations were required on file serving endpoints to improve cache poisoning protection.

References

  • git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-77846
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243449
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwh2-q44x-5w3c
  • github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7679452caff6faa33f00d3f0589c5190bc01a933
  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451589
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5548

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.9.24, all versions starting from 3.11.0 before 3.11.17, all versions starting from 4.0.0 before 4.0.11, all versions starting from 4.1.0 before 4.1.6, all versions starting from 4.2.0 before 4.2.3

Fixed versions

  • 3.9.24
  • 3.11.17
  • 4.0.11
  • 4.1.6
  • 4.2.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Source file

packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2023-5548.yml

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