Moodle Mnet SSO Access Control Page sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Moodle. This affects an unknown function of the component Mnet SSO Access Control Page. Performing a manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-35132. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Mnet SSO Access Control Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A limited SQL injection risk was identified on the Mnet SSO access control page. This flaw affects Moodle versions 4.2, 4.1 to 4.1.3, 4.0 to 4.0.8, 3.11 to 3.11.14, 3.9 to 3.9.21 and earlier unsupported versions.

The weakness was published 06/23/2023. The advisory is shared at moodle.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-35132 since 06/13/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261517 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-35132), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (261517) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-1683). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Learning Management Software

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• Moodle

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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