Moodle Question Type privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Moodle. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Question Type Handler. Such manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-43425. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Question Type Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43425 since 08/13/2024. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (52350). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 +8 days 🔍
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07/05/2025 +318 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-43425 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43425
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275348
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2024 07:50
Updated: 07/05/2025 18:24
Changes: 08/21/2024 07:50 (10), 08/21/2024 07:51 (38), 07/05/2025 18:24 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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