CVE-2023-5550

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMoodle
PublishedNov 9, 2023
First seenNov 9, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • moodle moodle3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3 or later
  • moodle/moodle4.3.0-rc2, 4.2.3, 4.1.6, 4.0.11, 3.11.17, 3.9.24 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
moodle moodlev < 3.9.24, 3.11.0 ≤ v < 3.11.17, 4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.11, 4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.6, 4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.33.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3
fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux7.0—
fedoraproject fedora38—
moodle/moodlePackagist4.3.0-beta ≤ v < 4.3.0-rc2, 4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.3, 4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.6, 4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.11, 3.10.0 ≤ v < 3.11.17, v < 3.9.244.3.0-rc2, 4.2.3, 4.1.6, 4.0.11, 3.11.17, 3.9.24

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