CVE-2021-40694

low-risk
Published 2022-09-29

Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files available to the HTTP server system account.

Do I need to act?

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0.49% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Moodle

References (2)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043421
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043421
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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal