CVE-2023-5550

moderate-risk
Published 2023-11-09

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Moodle Fedoraproject

References (6)

Patch http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72249
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243452
Patch https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451591
Patch http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72249
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243452
Patch https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451591
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low