Moodle up to 3.5.9/3.6.7/3.7.3 Lesson Edit Page redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.5.9/3.6.7/3.7.3. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Lesson Edit Page. Executing a manipulation can lead to redirect. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-14882. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Moodle up to 3.5.9/3.6.7/3.7.3 (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Lesson Edit Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability was found in Moodle 3.7 to 3.7.3, 3.6 to 3.6.7, 3.5 to 3.5.9 and earlier where an open redirect existed in the Lesson edit page.

The weakness was published 03/18/2020 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-14882 since 08/10/2019. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/18/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1204.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-151782, VDB-151781 and VDB-151779. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.6.0
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.5
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.7.0
• 3.7.1
• 3.7.2
• 3.7.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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