Moodle up to 4.2.2 IMCSP code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Moodle up to 3.9.23/3.11.16/4.0.10/4.1.5/4.2.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component IMCSP. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5540. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Moodle up to 3.9.23/3.11.16/4.0.10/4.1.5/4.2.2 (Learning Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component IMCSP. 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 weakness was released 10/19/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-5540 since 10/11/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6 or 4.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 3.9.23
• 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
• 3.11.16
• 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
• 4.0.10
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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