Moodle up to 2.7 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Moodle. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-3542. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

mod/lti/service.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

The weakness was shared 07/29/2014 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is shared for download at git.moodle.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3542 since 05/14/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122523 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2014-8609)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94734), SecurityFocus (BID 68754†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45848†). The entries VDB-70495, VDB-70494, VDB-70493 and VDB-70490 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 2.3
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11
• 2.4
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.4.5
• 2.4.6
• 2.4.7
• 2.4.8
• 2.4.9
• 2.4.10
• 2.5
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.6
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 867240
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2014-10802
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: git.moodle.org

Timelineinfo

05/14/2014 🔍
07/21/2014 +68 days 🔍
07/21/2014 +0 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +8 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +0 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +16 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +224 days 🔍
06/04/2017 +801 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: git.moodle.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-3542 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70484
X-Force: 94734
SecurityFocus: 68754 - Moodle LTI Module CVE-2014-3542 XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 45848 - Moodle Remote Files Read via XML External Entity in LTI Module, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 06/04/2017 10:51
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (63), 06/04/2017 10:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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