Moodle Course Badge resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Moodle and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Course Badge Handler. The manipulation leads to resource injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-48899. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Course Badge Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. Additional checks are required to ensure users can only fetch the list of course badges for courses that they are intended to have access to.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-48899 since 10/09/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/03/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261130 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48899), 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 (261130). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 261130
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48899

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/09/2024 🔍
10/15/2024 +6 days 🔍
10/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/03/2025 +322 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-48899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-48899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280535

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 01:20
Updated: 09/03/2025 22:28
Changes: 10/16/2024 01:20 (49), 11/20/2024 13:17 (1), 11/21/2024 08:20 (12), 09/03/2025 22:28 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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