CVE-2024-33999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The referrer URL used by MFA required additional sanitizing, rather than being used directly.

Published: 2024-05-31

Score: 9.8 Critical

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

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.3`	affected	≤ 4.3.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
Github GHSA	GHSA-r2wx-46gp-rp3h	Moodle Improper Input Validation

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00808.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=458387

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Moodle Moodle moodle
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
Vendors & Products		Moodle Moodle moodle

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2024-05-31T19:53:00.995Z

Updated: 2024-08-29T19:59:08.016Z

Reserved: 2024-04-29T13:02:30.266Z

Link: CVE-2024-33999

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:42:59.796Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-31T20:15:09.987

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:47:47.860

Link: CVE-2024-33999

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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