CVE-2023-5550 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5550: Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments

Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published November 9, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 9, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated