CVE-2021-20187 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that it was possible for site administrators to execute arbitrary PHP scripts via a PHP include used during Shibboleth authentication.

Published: 2021-01-28

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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moodle

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`moodle 3.10.1, moodle 3.9.4, moodle 3.8.7, moodle 3.5.16`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.10.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2005	It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that it was possible for site administrators to execute arbitrary PHP scripts via a PHP include used during Shibboleth authentication.
Github GHSA	GHSA-2jrm-gww7-wch2	Moodle Arbitrary PHP code execution by site admins via Shibboleth configuration

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00555.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=417171

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-01-28T18:30:03.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.535Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20187

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-28T19:15:13.377

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:05.707

Link: CVE-2021-20187

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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