Moodle Authorization Header privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Authorization Header Handler. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-43432. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Authorization Header Handler. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in moodle. The cURL wrapper in Moodle strips HTTPAUTH and USERPWD headers during emulated redirects, but retains other original request headers, so HTTP authorization header information could be unintentionally sent in requests to redirect URLs.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-43432 since 08/13/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261472 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43432), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 Tenable (261472). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261472
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43432

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 +8 days 🔍
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09/08/2025 +383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-43432 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43432
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275353

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2024 07:52
Updated: 09/08/2025 05:19
Changes: 08/21/2024 07:52 (48), 11/11/2024 14:45 (12), 09/08/2025 05:19 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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

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