Moodle up to 4.2.1 Dashboard permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Moodle up to 3.9.22/3.11.15/4.0.9/4.1.4/4.2.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Dashboard. Executing a manipulation can lead to permission. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-40318. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Moodle up to 3.9.22/3.11.15/4.0.9/4.1.4/4.2.1 (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Dashboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 08/31/2023. The advisory is available at moodle.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-40318 since 08/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261515 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-40318), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.9.23, 3.11.16, 4.0.10, 4.1.5 or 4.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261515). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 3.9.0
• 3.9.1
• 3.9.2
• 3.9.3
• 3.9.4
• 3.9.5
• 3.9.6
• 3.9.7
• 3.9.8
• 3.9.9
• 3.9.10
• 3.9.11
• 3.9.12
• 3.9.13
• 3.9.14
• 3.9.15
• 3.9.16
• 3.9.17
• 3.9.18
• 3.9.19
• 3.9.20
• 3.9.21
• 3.9.22
• 3.11.0
• 3.11.1
• 3.11.2
• 3.11.3
• 3.11.4
• 3.11.5
• 3.11.6
• 3.11.7
• 3.11.8
• 3.11.9
• 3.11.10
• 3.11.11
• 3.11.12
• 3.11.13
• 3.11.14
• 3.11.15
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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