Moodle XMLDB Editor sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component XMLDB Editor. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43436. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component XMLDB Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A SQL injection risk flaw was found in the XMLDB editor tool available to site administrators.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-43436 since 08/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/13/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 +8 days 🔍
08/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/05/2025 +349 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-43436 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275357

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2024 07:53
Updated: 08/05/2025 21:07
Changes: 08/21/2024 07:53 (50), 08/05/2025 21:07 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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