Moodle up to 4.2.1 Admin View Policy Page page_viewalldoc.php redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.9.22/3.11.15/4.0.9/4.1.4/4.2.1. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin/tool/policy/classes/output/page_viewalldoc.php of the component Admin View Policy Page. Such manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-40323. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.9.22/3.11.15/4.0.9/4.1.4/4.2.1 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file admin/tool/policy/classes/output/page_viewalldoc.php of the component Admin View Policy Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was shared 08/31/2023. The advisory is available at moodle.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-40323 since 08/14/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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.

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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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