Moodle up to 2.7 code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Repositories component in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary code via serialized data associated with an add-on.

The weakness was presented 07/29/2014 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at git.moodle.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-3541. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122523 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2014-8609)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (94736). See 70495, 70494, 70493 and 70490 for similar entries.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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OpenVAS ID: 867240
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2014-10802
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Patch: git.moodle.org

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Product: moodle.org

Advisory: git.moodle.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3541 (🔍)
X-Force: 94736
Vulnerability Center: 45847 - Moodle Remote PHP Code Execution in Repositories Component, High
SecurityFocus: 68778 - Moodle Repositories CVE-2014-3541 PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

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Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/26/2022 10:32
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (63), 06/04/2017 10:50 (3), 03/26/2022 10:32 (3)
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