Moodle up to 4.2.2 Course Upload Tool cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.9.23/3.11.16/4.0.10/4.1.5/4.2.2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Course Upload Tool. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-5547. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Moodle up to 3.9.23/3.11.16/4.0.10/4.1.5/4.2.2 (Learning Management Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Course Upload Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was released 10/19/2023. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5547 since 10/12/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261513 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5547), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261513). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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